BioHealth News Archive
Histogenics Announces Peter Greenleaf as CEO – MarketWatch
Histogenics Corp., a regenerative medicine company that combines cell therapy and tissue engineering technologies to develop highly innovative products primarily for orthopedic tissue repair,…
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D.C. region ranks No. 2 in percentage of STEM jobs – Washington Business Journal
The D.C. region is home to some 765,000 jobs that require knowledge in science, technology, engineering and math, representing 27 percent of the overall…
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STEM jobs account for 23% of Baltimore-area workforce, Brookings says – Baltimore Business Journal
Almost a quarter of the jobs in the Baltimore-area are science, technology, engineering and math positions, according to a new report by the Brookings…
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Will (Should) Incremental Biopharma Innovation Survive The Reimbursement Apocalypse? – Forbes
Five to ten years. That’s how long it will be before drug reimbursement in the United States becomes as stringent as in Europe, according…
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Md.’s rankings for business climate all over the place – The Washington Post
Maryland is No. 1 — or is it No. 7? On third thought, it might be 41st. Critics and champions of the Free State’s…
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What are pharmaceutical companies looking for in a licensing deal? – MedCity News
Big pharmaceutical companies strike licensing deals with small companies in hopes of finding new, highly profitable medicine without the cost of buying a whole…
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Dr. Lawrence Mahan, PhD Named New Director of OTAC
The NHLBI Division of Extramural Research Activities (DERA) is pleased to announce the addition of Dr Lawrence Mahan, as the Director of the Office…
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Johnson & Johnson’s New Innovation Center Part of Broader Initiative | Xconomy
Investing in biotechnology is a riskier bet these days. The community of life sciences venture capital firms is contracting, despite scientific advances across many…
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NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunity Announcements
The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest: NIH Guide Notices:…
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Harvard Researchers Find that 83% of Radiologists Fail to See Gorilla in the Midst—of a Lung Scan! | Dark Daily
Pathologists and clinical laboratory professionals who regularly analyze images will be interested in the findings of a research study designed to assess how the…
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UM Ventures and SilcsBio, LLC Announce Licensing Agreement | Reuters
University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and SilcsBio, LLC announced today that SilcsBio has obtained exclusive rights to a technology licensed from the University of…
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Crowdfunding in healthcare isn’t easy – Health Tech Hatch turns to Indiegogo to make it work — Tech News and Analysis
Health Tech Hatch, a site launched last fall as a crowdfunding site specifically for health startups, is joining forces with one of the biggest…
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San Diego Life Sciences Incubator Janssen Labs Expands to the Bay Area | San Diego Business Journal
Through collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), Janssen will create a 5,000-square-foot lab space within QB3’s…
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GlycoMimetics CEO Rachel King named Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board Chair – MDBIZNews
Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that Rachel King, co-founder and CEO of GlycoMimetics in Gaithersburg, has been named chair of the Maryland Life Sciences…
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Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein – DukeHealth.org
In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and transplanted…
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