BioHealth News Archive
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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Eric Cantor budget cuts for research – baltimoresun.com
Here's another reason the dysfunctional federal budget process is bad for Americans: besides hurting the economy and hitting us in the pocketbook, partisan feuding…
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Gazette.Net: United Therapeutics proposes to expand Silver Spring campus
A Silver Spring company is looking to build the county’s first net zero facility, a building that would produce enough energy to sustain itself…
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UMD Program Awards $3.8 Million to 17 University, Maryland Company Teams to Develop Technology Products
The Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program, an initiative of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at…
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Johns Hopkins back on top of U.S. News best hospitals list – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins Hospital has reclaimed the top position on U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-2014 list of best hospitals. The return to No. 1…
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Winsky named as new chief of Leadership Maryland
Renee M. Winsky of Davidsonville has been named president and CEO of Leadership Maryland, a statewide leadership development program. She replaces Nancy Minieri, who…
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