BioHealth News Archive

NEA Scores Two IPOs in a Week – peHub

NEA Scores Two IPOs in a Week – peHub

It’s tough to move the needle on a multi-billion-dollar venture fund. That’s one reason New Enterprise Associates, which has managed mega-funds about as long…

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QIAGEN and China’s BioBAY open translational medicine center to accelerate creation of novel companion diagnostics

QIAGEN and China’s BioBAY open translational medicine center to accelerate creation of novel companion diagnostics

QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and SIP Biotech Development Co., Ltd. (BioBAY) today announced the opening of QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine…

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NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunity Announcements – May

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunity Announcements – May

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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In-vivo Methods for Assessing Placental Development and Function (SBIR)

In-vivo Methods for Assessing Placental Development and Function (SBIR)

Purpose The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and participating Institutes invite grant applications for research on the development…

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BARDA Partners with GSK for Hospital and Biothreat Antibacterials | Global Biodefense

BARDA Partners with GSK for Hospital and Biothreat Antibacterials | Global Biodefense

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Glaxo Smith Kline…

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Success In mHealth: Shifting Focus From The ‘m’ To The ‘Health’ – Forbes

Success In mHealth: Shifting Focus From The ‘m’ To The ‘Health’ – Forbes

Poor maternal, infant, and child health as well as inadequate coverage of family planning remain significant global health problems facing low- and middle-income countries…

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AstraZeneca picks BioMed Campus for HQ – Business Weekly

AstraZeneca picks BioMed Campus for HQ – Business Weekly

Medical technology pioneer AstraZeneca has chosen the Cambridge Biomedical Campus at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital site in Cambridge UK for its new global headquarters. It…

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Tech Council of Maryland Announces Winners of 2013 Tech Awards at Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration

Tech Council of Maryland Announces Winners of 2013 Tech Awards at Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration

The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM), Maryland’s largest technology trade association with more than 400 biotechnology and technology members employing more than 200,000 in…

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1st Annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium

1st Annual Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium

June 13th - The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC There is a critical unmet need in the U.S. and around the world for the development of…

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UMB Students in Six Schools Team Up To Find New HIV Infections, Aim Patients to Care

UMB Students in Six Schools Team Up To Find New HIV Infections, Aim Patients to Care

In a unique program called Preparing the Future (PTF), 334 students have completed classroom and hands-on training to equip them to address the HIV…

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GlaxoSmithKline awarded up to $200 million by U.S. government to develop new antibiotics | 2013 | Press releases | Media | GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline awarded up to $200 million by U.S. government to develop new antibiotics | 2013 | Press releases | Media | GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plc and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have…

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Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Ceremony – Ernst & Young LLP

Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Ceremony – Ernst & Young LLP

Our world needs entrepreneurs Their ability to innovate, to inspire others, to power a business along the difficult journey from start-up to market leader…

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Should I Join an Accelerator? – Business Insider

Should I Join an Accelerator? – Business Insider

Today is Demo Day for Techstars Boston.  I love Techstars Demo Days for many reasons, not the least of which is the amazing community…

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Debunking Myths About Biotech Venture Capital – Forbes

Debunking Myths About Biotech Venture Capital – Forbes

There are lots of myths about venture capital and biotech in particular, as noted previously on this blog.  Many of these myths are deeply…

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Glaxo to Get Up to $200 Million From U.S. for Biothreat Research – Businessweek

Glaxo to Get Up to $200 Million From U.S. for Biothreat Research – Businessweek

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK), the U.K.’s largest drugmaker, will work with the U.S. government to develop antibiotics for resistant infections and bioterrorist threats in an…

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