BioHealth News Archive
Researchers create inner ear from stem cells, opening potential for new treatments
Indiana University scientists have transformed mouse embryonic stem cells into key structures of the inner ear. The discovery provides new insights into the sensory…
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Biotech IPOs surge to 13-year high – San Francisco Business Times
The biotech IPO window is officially open. Eleven second-quarter biotech initial public offerings totaling $1 billion — the strongest quarterly biotech market for venture-backed…
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Health-Care Innovators Get President Obama’s Attention – Entrepreneur.com
Even as the White House has backed off on a few of its deadlines for administering the Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administration is…
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Federal medical research cuts decried at Hopkins – baltimoresun.com
The head of the nation's medical research agency and leaders of Johns Hopkins hospital and medical school warned Monday that progress in fighting diseases…
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Maryland biotech tax credit program draws 150 hopefuls – Baltimore Business Journal
A total of 150 investors are vying for Maryland’s biotechnology tax credit this year, compared with 125 applicants last year. Maryland’s Biotechnology Investment Incentive…
Read MoreREMINDER/ Media Alert: Leading Local Biotech Firms to Host Aspiring Young Scientists Next Week – WSJ.com
Montgomery County's top biotechnology firms will open their doors and their state-of-the-art laboratories next week to local middle school students interested in the life…
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SAIC, The State Of Maryland, And UMBC Announce 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge – MarketWatch
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) SAI +0.46% , Maryland's Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)…
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Crowdfunding the next medical cure – The Washington Post
Creating a new medical device is not an inexpensive exercise. There are development costs, clinical trial expenses, and the lengthy process of getting a…
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These are the most active VCs in healthcare since 2012 | MedCity News
As investments in life science companies have dipped over the past few years, some investors have scaled back investments or walked away from the…
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» NIH Offers New Website on SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act Sponsored Projects News and Announcements
Due to the many changes that will result from the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act, NIH has set up a new website to keep the small business research…
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1776 to launch seed fund – Washington Business Journal
1776, the D.C. startup hub that launched earlier this year with District funding, plans to pull together a seed fund that will allow it…
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VCs, angels dabble in digital health, but they aren’t fully committed | MedCity News
Funding for digital health startups is continuing to grow at a steady pace, but is beginning to stabilize. Health accelerator Rock Health’s midyear report,…
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Venture Investors Continue Love Affair with Digital Health Startups | Xconomy
It’s been a slow year for startup fundraising—the investments doled out by venture firms in the first quarter dropped 6 percent compared with the…
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Health IT startups, “physicians” shouldn’t be a target market. Get more specific. | MedCity News
When health IT startups say they’re making a new technology platform for physicians, John Sung Kim has an immediate follow-up question – for what…
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DC Startup Incubator 1776 Announces Partnership with Microsoft @BizTechMagazine
It’s good to have friends in high places. Especially friends who can leverage more than 30 years of experience in technology and business to…
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