BioHealth News Archive
SBIR Reauthorization Moves Forward | BIOtechNow
NIH has reissued its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Omnibus Grant Solicitation announcement, which states that small businesses that are majority-owned by multiple venture…
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Telehealth sees explosive growth | Healthcare IT News
Healthcare providers are taking telemedicine to new heights, with the market seeing growth of a whopping 237 percent within a five-year period, according to…
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Google Ventures partner: Bring on the pitches for HIT and Google Glass for healthcare | MedCity News
More than 60 companies showed off their health data applications at Datapalooza IV this week and Krishna Yeshwant, a partner at Google Ventures, was…
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Rock Health version 5 features Google Glass for doctors, tremor cancelation technology | MedCity News
San Francisco digital health accelerator Rock Health is kicking off its fifth program next week, and it has some unique startups in the mix.…
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18th CBA Annual Conference | Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA
The Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association, USA (CBA) will host the 18th Annual Conference at the University of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center on Saturday, June…
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Baltimore among best cities for recent college grads – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore ranks No. 4 on a new NerdWallet list of the best cities for recent college grads to live in. The report from the…
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You’ve Only Got 8 Minutes With the Doctor So Talk Fast | Care2 Causes
Eight minutes: this is approximately (1) how long it takes sunlight to reach the earth; (2) how long it takes to hard-boil an egg (if…
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Computers vs. patients: A day in the life of a modern intern – Health & wellness – The Boston Globe
If you’re a medical intern, most of what you need to do your job can be pulled off a computer screen: Blood test results.…
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The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who’s Up, Who’s Down in 2013 | Xconomy
Remember Plexxikon? The Berkeley, CA-based company had a lot of talent for structural biology-based drug design, an impressive new treatment for melanoma, and a…
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Qiagen Acquires New Cancer Biomarkers Through Licensing Agreements | IVD Technology
Through new agreements with the Canadian BC Cancer Agency and Columbia University, the company now has access to biomarkers for lymphoma, glioblastoma, and several other…
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QIAGEN expands pipeline of promising new biomarkers for development of Personalized Healthcare companion diagnostics
QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced two agreements adding promising new biomarkers involving glioblastoma, lymphoma and other cancers to QIAGEN's…
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Gates Foundation launches $100M partnership with 5 Japanese pharma companies – MedCity News
Five top Japanese drug companies are to open their "libraries" of experimental compounds to scrutiny by scientists hunting new treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and…
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GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance get FDA Clearance for Lung Disease Drug
By Eve Green Partner companies Theravance and the GlaxoSmithKline have received Food and Drug Administration clearance for their new drug for the treatment of COPD, Breo…
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Park, Sebelius Tout Federal Initiatives’ Effect on Health IT – iHealthBeat
This week, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius posted separate entries on the White House Blog touting the effect…
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Washington, Baltimore collaborate on regional cyber job growth – Washington Business Journal
The Greater Washington Board of Trade is forming a joint task force with the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore…
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