BioHealth News Archive

1776 shops around idea of $25 million fund, akin to 500 Startups – Washington Business Journal

1776 shops around idea of $25 million fund, akin to 500 Startups – Washington Business Journal

The founders of District startup hub 1776 have shopped around the idea of raising a $25 million seed fund — modeled partially off of…

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Emergent BioSolutions Closes on Its Acquisition of Healthcare Protective Products Division from Bracco Diagnostics Inc.

Emergent BioSolutions Closes on Its Acquisition of Healthcare Protective Products Division from Bracco Diagnostics Inc.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that it has closed on its acquisition of Bracco Diagnostics Inc.’s Healthcare Protective Products Division. This acquisition,…

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Maryland Cyber Challenge – October 8 and 9, 2013

Maryland Cyber Challenge – October 8 and 9, 2013

Register now for the 3rd Annual Maryland Cyber Challenge Live Finals! October 8 and 9, 2013 at the Baltimore Convention Center Three levels of…

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GSK Trial Data Opened for Other Researchers

GSK Trial Data Opened for Other Researchers

"Deidentified" data on individual participants in more than 200 GlaxoSmithKline-sponsored clinical trials are now available to independent researchers, company officials said. And by the…

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NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, August 1, 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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J&J Boston Innovation Center focuses on adaptive collaboration « partneringNEWS

J&J Boston Innovation Center focuses on adaptive collaboration « partneringNEWS

“All of us in the life sciences, medical device, and consumer industries are trying to get better at collaboration,” observed Robert Urban, PhD, head…

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7 Innovation Myths That Kill Performance – Forbes

7 Innovation Myths That Kill Performance – Forbes

Innovation is a hot topic in organizations today. And no wonder. Customers want new and different. Costs can’t be reduced any further. Business pressures…

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Lieber Institute expanding at Johns Hopkins research park – Baltimore Sun

Lieber Institute expanding at Johns Hopkins research park – Baltimore Sun

Slices from thousands of brains fill nearly a dozen freezers set to 112 degrees below zero on the top floor of a research building…

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Venture capitalist counsels cities looking to contend in tech marketplace | Breaking News | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal – The Providence Journal

Venture capitalist counsels cities looking to contend in tech marketplace | Breaking News | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal – The Providence Journal

Rhode Island’s capital city should forget about becoming another Silicon Valley, venture capitalist Josh Kopelman said during a talk Tuesday at Betaspring, the business…

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NIH commits $24 million annually for Big Data Centers of Excellence

NIH commits $24 million annually for Big Data Centers of Excellence

The National Institutes of Health will fund up to $24 million per year for four years to establish six to eight investigator-initiated Big Data…

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Biotech growth fuels need for sophisticated software | The Japan Times

Biotech growth fuels need for sophisticated software | The Japan Times

When Qiagen scooped up Ingenuity Systems this year, the acquisition of the Redwood City, California-based firm marked the first time the biotechnology giant had…

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Fueled by cyber security boom, bwtech@UMBC reaches capacity for first time – Baltimore Business Journal

Fueled by cyber security boom, bwtech@UMBC reaches capacity for first time – Baltimore Business Journal

There’s a “No Vacancy” sign hanging out front University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s research and development park, and leaders say they have the state’s…

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NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, July 30, 2013

NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, July 30, 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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Press – News & Events – BD and the College of American Pathologists Announce Strategic Alliance to Support Laboratory Quality and Performance in India and China

Press – News & Events – BD and the College of American Pathologists Announce Strategic Alliance to Support Laboratory Quality and Performance in India and China

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and the College of American Pathologists…

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Great Seneca Science Corridor labs consider cyberinfrastructure – Gazette.Net

Great Seneca Science Corridor labs consider cyberinfrastructure – Gazette.Net

Research organizations in the Great Seneca Life Sciences Corridor are considering the creation of a common cyberinfrastructure that would facilitate sharing and spur innovative…

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