BioHealth News Archive

UMBC Earns Accolades in Ranking Reports | UMBC Insights Weekly

UMBC Earns Accolades in Ranking Reports | UMBC Insights Weekly

UMBC recently earned accolades in three college ranking reports. The Online College Database recognized the high salaries of UMBC graduates in its list of most…

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AstraZeneca teams with Minrav in biotech incubator tender – Financial and Business News – MENAFN

AstraZeneca teams with Minrav in biotech incubator tender – Financial and Business News – MENAFN

Sources inform "Globes" that AstraZeneca plc (NYSE; LSE; OMX: AZN) has teamed with Israeli real estate company Minrav Holdings Ltd. (tase:MNRV) to bid in…

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UMD Taps Brian Darmody to Lead Corporate Relations Initiatives | UMD Right Now :: University of Maryland

The University of Maryland has named Brian Darmody associate vice president for corporate and foundation relations. In this newly-created role, Darmody is charged with…

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U.S. Provides Better Incubation Environment For Biotech Than Europe, Says Sanofi’s Viehbacher :: “The Pink Sheet” :: Elsevier Business Intelligence

U.S. Provides Better Incubation Environment For Biotech Than Europe, Says Sanofi’s Viehbacher :: “The Pink Sheet” :: Elsevier Business Intelligence

Taking the helm of EFPIA, Viehbacher says R&D and innovation are the keys to rescuing Europe from its economic slump, but more harmonization across…

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Venture-Capital-Backed IPOs Surge in Second Quarter, Led by Biotech Offerings – WSJ.com

Venture capital-backed initial public offerings more than doubled during the second quarter from the previous quarter and rose 90% from a year earlier, with…

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A ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ approach to venture capital | VentureBeat

A ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ approach to venture capital | VentureBeat

The venture capital industry is getting rightsized, with less capital raised and deployed, smaller funds, fewer active venture capital firms, and more regulation. The exit…

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Funding Opportunity Announcements, June 28, 2013

Funding Opportunity Announcements, June 28, 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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BioMaryland Center awards $1 million to accelerate life sciences companies – MDBIZNews

BioMaryland Center awards $1 million to accelerate life sciences companies – MDBIZNews

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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IBT and Stanford Awarded STTR for HCV Therapeutic Antibodies – Biotech NewsIntegrated BioTherapeutics

IBT and Stanford Awarded STTR for HCV Therapeutic Antibodies – Biotech NewsIntegrated BioTherapeutics

Integrated BioTherapeutics (IBT) and Stanford University have been jointly awarded a $300,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy…

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ETC Clients Honored at 13th Annual 2013 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards

ETC Clients Honored at 13th Annual 2013 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards

Baltimore City’s Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) is pleased to announce that two of its client companies were recently honored at the 13th Annual 2013…

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Hopkins’ FastForward aims to put research to work – Baltimore Business Journal

Hopkins’ FastForward aims to put research to work – Baltimore Business Journal

“Research for research’s sake” is not a refrain you’ll hear from Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Dean Nicholas Jones. Universities have been working…

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HHS seeks applicants for HHSentrepreneurs Program

HHS seeks applicants for HHSentrepreneurs Program

Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Bill Corr announced today that the Department is seeking innovators and entrepreneurs to apply for the HHSentrepreneurs…

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NIAID SBIR Phase II Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U44) – Grants.gov

NIAID SBIR Phase II Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U44) – Grants.gov

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to implement investigator-initiated clinical…

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Guess who hooked up? NYC matchmaking contest lists startup and healthcare industry pairs | MedCity News

Guess who hooked up? NYC matchmaking contest lists startup and healthcare industry pairs | MedCity News

A commercialization program to match up provider, payer and pharma technology needs with willing and able healthcare startups has announced its 10 finalists. Each…

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Sea level along Maryland’s shorelines could rise two feet by 2050, according to new report

Sea level along Maryland’s shorelines could rise two feet by 2050, according to new report

A new report on sea level rise recommends that the State of Maryland should plan for a rise in sea level of as much…

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