BioHealth News Archive

GSK creates competition for academic researchers – Philadelphia Business Journal

GSK creates competition for academic researchers – Philadelphia Business Journal

GlaxoSmithKline has created a contest for academic researchers that it hopes will accelerate the speed by which academic research can be turned into novel…

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Request for Comment on Proposed Methods for Avoiding Duplication, Redundancy and Competition With Industry Activities

Request for Comment on Proposed Methods for Avoiding Duplication, Redundancy and Competition With Industry Activities

The Public Health Service Act indicates that the purpose of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is to advance translational sciences by…

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For startups, health care reform is a huge opportunity, HHS tech guy says | VentureBeat

For startups, health care reform is a huge opportunity, HHS tech guy says | VentureBeat

The Affordable Care Act, aka health care reform, aka Obamacare, is spurring a massive creation of new business opportunities. So says Bryan Sivak, the…

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Q&A with Tech Council of Maryland’s new chairman – Baltimore Business Journal

Q&A with Tech Council of Maryland’s new chairman – Baltimore Business Journal

Doug Doerfler, CEO of Gaithersburg-based MaxCyte Inc., was this month named the Tech Council of Maryland's new chairman. He steps into the position with…

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Health IT adoption doubles from 2012 | Healthcare IT News

Health IT adoption doubles from 2012 | Healthcare IT News

More than half of all eligible providers nationwide have received federal incentive payments for demonstrating meaningful use of electronic health records, rates that have…

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StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition by the Maryland Women’s Business Center

StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition by the Maryland Women’s Business Center

The StartRight! Women's Business Plan Competition was founded in 2003 by Rockville Economic Development Inc. (REDI) to encourage and support women’s entrepreneurship. Currently in…

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NY Digital Health Accelerator Is a Model to Emulate: Startup’s Perspective – Forbes

NY Digital Health Accelerator Is a Model to Emulate: Startup’s Perspective – Forbes

Zina Moukheiber said the New York Digital Health Accelerator Is a Model to Emulate at the beginning of the program. With the proliferation of accelerators, I…

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N. Va. biotech has always been weak. How that could change. – Washington Business Journal

N. Va. biotech has always been weak. How that could change. – Washington Business Journal

Biotech has never quite taken flight in Northern Virginia. Whether that's due to the lack of a big corporate anchor or blue-chip research university,…

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U.S. Entrepreneurship Rates Reach Highest Level In More Than A Decade – Babson College

U.S. Entrepreneurship Rates Reach Highest Level In More Than A Decade – Babson College

Optimistic and confident in their abilities, a diverse and growing percentage of U.S. citizens engage in entrepreneurship, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).…

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United Therapeutics spoofs ‘Goodnight Moon’ in annual report – Washington Business Journal

United Therapeutics spoofs ‘Goodnight Moon’ in annual report – Washington Business Journal

The threshold for reporting on marketing stunts is a high one, and United Therapeutics Corp. has just cleared it. Reaching us by mail today…

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Tech Council of Maryland Honors Lockheed Martin for Innovation and Community Outreach – Lockheed Martin

Tech Council of Maryland Honors Lockheed Martin for Innovation and Community Outreach – Lockheed Martin

Hall of Fame award underlines long history of commitment to Maryland technology community The Tech Council of Maryland honored Lockheed Martin with the 2013…

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Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Funds 31 New Research Proposals in FY 2013

Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Funds 31 New Research Proposals in FY 2013

The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has completed its review of the 171 applications received in response to its FY 2013 Requests for…

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Making it new in Maryland – baltimoresun.com

Making it new in Maryland – baltimoresun.com

Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took…

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MdBio Leadership Series – Money, Money, Money

MdBio Leadership Series – Money, Money, Money

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Bethesda Country Club We often hear that capital formation is among the most difficult challenges…

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State and Baltimore economic development groups launch program to help companies grow – baltimoresun.com

State and Baltimore economic development groups launch program to help companies grow – baltimoresun.com

The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore and the Maryland Department of Business of Economic Development announced Monday that they created a new program to…

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