BioHealth News Archive
Biotech VCs, Stung by Startup Returns, Elbow into Royalty Financing | Xconomy
The new landscape for venture capital investing does not seem to leave much room for classic company formation. Investor after investor has shut down…
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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Aeras Sign Agreement to Collaborate on Tuberculosis Vaccine R&D
With the global tuberculosis epidemic becoming more deadly, costly, and difficult to treat, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and Aeras…
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A Very Wharton Health Demo Day – Entrepreneurship Blog
DreamIt Health Demo Day has gotten a lot of great press, from Philly.com to NewsWorks to Technical.ly Philly, and many more. These plaudits are…
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Baltimore Innovation Week 2013 – Awards
Let’s Celebrate How Baltimore Is Innovating. The people and organizations represented below are advancing the city in new and inspiring ways, by growing businesses,…
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French Man with SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Surpasses Two Years of Support – 2013 Press Releases – SynCardia Systems, Inc.
Due to the global shortage of donor hearts, patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant can wait several months to several years…
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NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements – August 15, 2013
Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…
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UM ranked 13th greenest by Sierra – baltimoresun.com
The University of Maryland College Park, which likes to tout itself as a leading public research institution, has added a little more green to…
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Six early-stage health-related companies selected for XLerate Health
XLerate Health, a Louisville-based accelerator for early-stage, health-related companies, has selected six companies to participate in its inaugural class. The accelerator’s 10-week intensive immersion…
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GlaxoSmithKline JV wins FDA OK on HIV blockbuster dolutegravir – FierceBiotech
The FDA has stamped an OK on GlaxoSmithKline's HIV drug dolutegravir--to be sold as Tivicay. The approval marks another key advance for Glaxo ($GSK)…
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NHLBI Regional Innovation Conference San Francisco Tickets, San Francisco – September 10, 2013
This conference brings together small businesses, angel investors, venture capitalists, strategic partners, and business leaders from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. It will feature…
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Report: Rockville Biotech’s Malaria Vaccine Could Hit Market Soon – Business – Rockville, MD Patch
While scientists have struggled for decades to produce an effective malaria vaccine, Rockville-based biotech company Sanaria is encouraged enough by clinical trials that it…
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J&J, Takeda, Orbimed consortium win biotech incubator tender – Globes
BioBoost, a consortium of OrbiMed Advisors LLC, Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TSE: 4502) has won the tender to…
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How To Make A Vegetarian Fish – Science News – redOrbit
University of Maryland researchers announced last week they have been able to successfully turn a fish known for eating anything, the cobia, into a…
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Biotech accelerator BioMotiv gets a $20M commitment from new investor – FierceBiotech
A week after Cleveland's nascent biotech accelerator BioMotiv bumped its financial reserves to $46 million, Torrey Pines Investment has stepped in to offer a…
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HHSentrepreneurs: Open Government at HHS
HHS is working to attract entrepreneurial talent to create a culture that supports risk-taking and accelerates innovation. HHSentrepreneurs is based on the HHS Innovation…
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