BioHealth News Archive

10 Industry-Venture Fund Alliances

10 Industry-Venture Fund Alliances

Following is a list of 10 alliances announced in recent years, mostly by pharma and biotech giants with venture capital funds, ranked by total…

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Technology makes trade secrets a tempting target for theft – BusinessMirror

Technology makes trade secrets a tempting target for theft – BusinessMirror

BECTON, Dickinson and Co.’s announcement that it was about to roll out a new, easy-to-use, disposable pen injector called Vystra hardly caused a stir…

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Wow of the Week: A potential breakthrough toward a cure for type 1 diabetes – MedCity News

Wow of the Week: A potential breakthrough toward a cure for type 1 diabetes – MedCity News

Boston Children’s Hospital stirred up some buzz this week when it said its researchers had made a breakthrough that could change the face of…

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D.C. ranks among top 10 cities for venture capital – Washington Business Journal

D.C. ranks among top 10 cities for venture capital – Washington Business Journal

Silicon Valley has long been the epicenter of venture capital-financed high-technology, but a new report shows D.C. is climbing the ranks of best metropolitan…

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Report Published: “MedImmune, LLC – Product Pipeline Review – 2013”

Report Published: “MedImmune, LLC – Product Pipeline Review – 2013”

Global Market Direct's pharmaceuticals report, "MedImmune, LLC - Product Pipeline Review - 2013" provides data on the MedImmune, LLC's research and development focus. The…

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WellDoc hopes to double revenue through new diabetes app – Baltimore Business Journal

WellDoc hopes to double revenue through new diabetes app – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore health IT firm WellDoc expects a new diabetes management tool to help the company double its annual revenue and add thousands of clients…

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Enhanced Search Engine for Available Technologies – FLC

Enhanced Search Engine for Available Technologies – FLC

Last fall, the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer introduced an improved Available Technologies search tool that made it faster and easier to search…

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A Toast to the Generalist – Asian Fortune

A Toast to the Generalist – Asian Fortune

This is the season of inaugurations and internships, with the class of 2014 college grads starting a new chapter in life in a recovering…

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Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Johns Hopkins student-built devices—a blood clot detection system and a concealable, hands-free breast pump—have won two of the top three awards in a national…

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Young VC firm Cultivation Capital jumps right into early stage life sciences funding with $30M | MedCity News

Young VC firm Cultivation Capital jumps right into early stage life sciences funding with $30M | MedCity News

The emerging tech town of St. Louis has also become fertile ground for a community of life sciences companies that are ready to bloom…

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3-V Biosciences Completes $20 Million Series C Financing – PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee

3-V Biosciences Completes $20 Million Series C Financing – PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee

3-V Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics that modulate key pathways in oncology and infectious disease, today announced the completion of a Series…

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GlaxoSmithKline invests EUR17.5m in French venture for rare diseases – Pharmaceutical Business Review

GlaxoSmithKline invests EUR17.5m in French venture for rare diseases – Pharmaceutical Business Review

UK-based healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced an investment of €17.5m ($23.5m) in a French venture firm to develop new drugs that have the…

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Maryland Researchers Make Batteries Out Of Wood – Forbes

Maryland Researchers Make Batteries Out Of Wood – Forbes

A tiny, tin-coated piece of wood could one day be used as a high capacity and environmentally benign battery. A team of researchers at…

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Two Blues go for telehealth – Healthcare IT News

Two Blues go for telehealth – Healthcare IT News

BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will provide online healthcare to their members with technology from American Well. Blue…

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Reminder of registration requirements prior to submitting SBIR/STTR applications to HHS

Reminder of registration requirements prior to submitting SBIR/STTR applications to HHS

As our next receipt date is approximately 6 weeks away, we wanted to send a reminder to all new (and returning) HHS applicants about…

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