BioHealth News Archive
NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, July 18, 2013
The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest: NIH Guide Notice:…
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D.C. region raises $418 million in second-quarter venture – Washington Business Journal
The D.C. region raised $418 million in venture funding in April, May and June, according PricewaterhouseCoopers' MoneyTree report, more than twice the total of…
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Country-of-origin effect of VC investment in biotechnology companies | Ang | Journal of Commercial Biotechnology
Biotechnology companies can access financial and management resources through venture capitalist (VC) firms. An analysis of 1,490 VC investments shows that country-of-origin (CO) of…
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Venture capital investments in Maryland soar by 115% in second quarter – baltimoresun.com
Venture capitalists invested $318 million in young Maryland companies from April through June, an increase of 115 percent from the first quarter, according to…
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Health IT Venture Capital Funding Totals $623M During Q2 – iHealthBeat
Venture capital funding for health IT totaled $623 million during the second quarter of 2013, according to a report by Mercom Capital Group, FierceHealthIT,…
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Sticking it to big pharma with crowdfunded nanotech
Students at the University of York are challenging what they see as the closed worlds of nanotechnology and healthcare by crowdsourcing funds to produce…
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Crowdfunding For Life Sciences Companies: To Seek Or Not To Seek
“We are a team of guerrilla fundraisers who have launched a global campaign to fund research into a potential treatment for the cancer that…
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General George A. Joulwan Joins Emergent BioSolutions Board of Directors
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced the appointment of General George A. Joulwan (retired) to the company’s Board of Directors. General Joulwan has a…
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Montgomery Business Development Corporation (MBDC) Launches New Business-Friendly Website
Montgomery Business Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of their new website montgomerybusiness.org. The enhanced website includes business-friendly features, data resources and…
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Montgomery students enter the lab – Gazette.Net
About 20 kids garbed in lab coats, booties and goggles entered a laboratory on Friday through a door marked with a bright-red “BIOHAZARD” sticker.…
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NeurExpand: Former Martek execs launch brain wellness venture; clinics planned across U.S. – Baltimore Business Journal
A group of former executives from Martek Biosciences Corp. have formed a new company that plans to open memory and brain wellness clinics around…
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After snapping up two Massachusetts companies, Germany’s Qiagen gains a local foothold – Innovation – Boston.com
Overseas medical technology companies continue to stream into Greater Boston, lured by the area’s famous ecosystem of researchers, startups, and potential collaborators. One company…
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals signs license agreement with UMB for novel drug delivery platform
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RNN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with the University…
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Science of Summer: Where Does Beach Sand Come From? – LiveScience
Summer wouldn't be complete without a trip to the sandy shores of an ocean, bay, lake or river. As the gritty stuff gets in…
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National Cancer Institute releases largest-ever cancer gene database – MedCity News
National Cancer Institute scientists have released the largest-ever database of cancer-related genetic variations, providing researchers the most comprehensive way so far to figure out…
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