BioHealth News Archive
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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Fall Technology Transfer Courses at the FAES Graduate School at NIH
Registration for the fall semester of Technology Transfer Classes at the FAES Graduate School at NIH is now open. For the semester beginning on…
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NOT-DA-13-040: Notice of Change to Earliest Start Date for Applications Submitted to RFA-DA-14-002 Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences: Cross-Training at the Intersection of Animal Models and Human Inv
Notice of Change to Earliest Start Date for Applications Submitted to RFA-DA-14-002 "Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences:…
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Summary of UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP – Yahoo! Finance
On June 26, 2013, United Therapeutics Corporation (the "Company") held its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. The Company's shareholders considered three matters, each of…
Read More5 years of tracking global biotechnology – BiotechBlog
Five years ago I built a biotechnology innovation index and I have been using it since tracking global biotechnology innovation in Scientific American’s Worldview.…
Read MoreWall St. Loves Biotech, Leading Venture-Backed IPOs in Q2 | Xconomy
We knew that biotech companies were lighting up the stock market this year. Today, the National Venture Capital Association has fresh numbers illustrating Wall…
Read MoreSteve Case’s Revolution Ventures files to raise $150 million – Washington Business Journal
Revolution Ventures, the early-stage venture capital arm of Steve Case's Revolution LLC, has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a planned…
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Sources say AstraZeneca, Minrav formed consortium to bid in biotech incubator tender | MedCity News
Sources inform "Globes" that AstraZeneca plc (NYSE; LSE; OMX: AZN) has teamed with Israeli real estate company Minrav Holdings Ltd. (TASE: MNRV) to bid…
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Focus on Rare Diseases Pays Off for New Enterprise Associates as Prosensa Goes Public
New Enterprise Associates has increased its focus on companies developing drugs for rare disease, an effort that's paying off. Portfolio company Prosensa Holding BV,…
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Campus Executive Director Accepts Chamber’s Visionary Award – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus Blog – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
Johns Hopkins Montgomery County has received the 2013 Visionary Award from the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. Before an audience of hundreds at the…
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BioMaryland Center Awards Million to Accelerate Commercialization at Six Life Sciences Companies
Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the State, through the BioMaryland Center, has awarded nearly $1 million to five innovative life sciences companies through…
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