BioHealth News Archive

Cure for cystic fibrosis comes closer to reality

Cure for cystic fibrosis comes closer to reality

Washington: A group of researchers have made a significant breakthrough for figuring out which mutations are benign and which are deleterious in cystic fibrosis.…

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Hospital IT spending jumps high

Hospital IT spending jumps high

Hospital executives have never been frivolous when it comes to investing in technology, but as reimbursements shrink, the need to carefully analyze each purchasing…

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Oncology, Neurology, B2B Medtech/Biotech – 3 Opportunities this Fall to Connect with Key Leaders in Europe

Oncology, Neurology, B2B Medtech/Biotech – 3 Opportunities this Fall to Connect with Key Leaders in Europe

BioMaryland is supporting various events in France which benefit the biohealth community. See if your company qualifies for a travel assistance grant to fly…

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The 3 Ms of pop health platforms

The 3 Ms of pop health platforms

Take Care Team Connect, an Evanston, Ill.-based IT firm that provides software platforms for population healthcare management while also offering provider coaching services on…

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MedImmune strengthens immune-mediated cancer therapy portfolio with acquisition of Amplimmune

MedImmune strengthens immune-mediated cancer therapy portfolio with acquisition of Amplimmune

AstraZeneca today announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amplimmune, a privately-held, Maryland,…

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New Findings on Tissue Engineering from University of Maryland Summarized – HispanicBusiness.com

New Findings on Tissue Engineering from University of Maryland Summarized – HispanicBusiness.com

Investigators discuss new findings in Biomedicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to news reporting out of Baltimore, Maryland, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "Case reports…

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Johns Hopkins’ biomedical engineers to create therapeutic eye injections – Pharmaceutical Business Review

Johns Hopkins’ biomedical engineers to create therapeutic eye injections – Pharmaceutical Business Review

Biomedical engineers from The Johns Hopkins University have partnered with clinicians to create new therapeutic eye injections for a type of central vision loss…

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Their mission: Lure venture capital to clinical trials in Canada – The Globe and Mail

Their mission: Lure venture capital to clinical trials in Canada – The Globe and Mail

Punit Dhillon built his career arranging Canadian venture capital funding for life sciences research and running companies that performed clinical trials in Canada. Yet…

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Winsky named Leadership Maryland president and CEO – Movers and Shakers

Winsky named Leadership Maryland president and CEO – Movers and Shakers

Renee M. Winsky, a Maryland business executive with broad experience leading organizations, was named Leadership Maryland’s president and CEO. She will replace Nancy Minieri,…

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Hospital IT spending jumps high – Healthcare IT News

Hospital IT spending jumps high – Healthcare IT News

Hospital executives have never been frivolous when it comes to investing in technology, but as reimbursements shrink, the need to carefully analyze each purchasing…

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Health IT talent in high demand – Healthcare IT News

Health IT talent in high demand – Healthcare IT News

American healthcare workers' confidence levels remained fairly consistent in the second quarter of 2013, according to the Q2 Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index. Confidence…

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Evidence-based Entrepreneurship

Reinventing Life Science Startups – Evidence-based Entrepreneurship

What if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? We’re going to…

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So You’re Gonna Be a Doctor, Right? – Baltimore City Paper

So You’re Gonna Be a Doctor, Right? – Baltimore City Paper

You sit down to a family dinner with aunts, your grandmother, three second cousins once removed, a floating niece, maybe a family dog. You’ve…

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Additional GSK quadrivalent flu vaccine approved by FDA – Vaccine News Daily

Additional GSK quadrivalent flu vaccine approved by FDA – Vaccine News Daily

GlaxoSmithKline plc, a research-based pharmaceutical company, recently announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of GSK’s FluLaval Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine for individuals…

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Q2 Corporate VC healthcare deals, funding both up more than 30 percent – MedCity News

Q2 Corporate VC healthcare deals, funding both up more than 30 percent – MedCity News

Corporate venture capital may be what fills in the large gaps VC has left behind, with CVC deals about 60 percent larger than VC…

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