BioHealth News Archive

Companies announce new cybersecurity pact – Gazette.Net

Companies announce new cybersecurity pact – Gazette.Net

Leaders of 11 top high-tech companies — including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. — signed a partnership agreement Monday with a fairly new Rockville-based…

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National entrepreneurship program debuts in Baltimore – bmoremedia.com

New York City nonprofit Venture for America, which provides entrepreneurship training for recent college graduates, is adding Baltimore to its roster of cities this…

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Remedium Technologies Inc. Awarded $500,000 Phase II NSF SBIR Grant to Test Sprayable Foam for Stopping Traumatic Bleeding – WSJ.com

Remedium Technologies Inc. Awarded $500,000 Phase II NSF SBIR Grant to Test Sprayable Foam for Stopping Traumatic Bleeding – WSJ.com

Remedium Technologies Inc., a medical device company developing innovative products to control severe hemorrhaging, was awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant…

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Remote monitoring market growing fast – Healthcare IT News

Remote monitoring market growing fast – Healthcare IT News

The U.S. market for remote patient monitoring, valued at $104.5 million in 2012, is forecasted to reach $296.5 million by 2019, a compound annual…

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Health IT VC funding sees ‘torrid’ Q1 – Healthcare IT News

Health IT VC funding sees ‘torrid’ Q1 – Healthcare IT News

With nearly half a billion dollars raised in venture capital funding for health information technology, the first three months of 2013 represented a "record…

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Three new companies join UMBC cybersecurity incubator – bmoremedia.com

Three new companies join UMBC cybersecurity incubator – bmoremedia.com

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Northrop Grumman Corp. last month expanded their Cync cybersecurity  program with three new companies, including the program’s first…

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Two Baltimore startups among InvestMaryland Challenge winners – Baltimore Business Journal

Two Baltimore startups among InvestMaryland Challenge winners – Baltimore Business Journal

Two Baltimore companies took top honors in the state’s first InvestMaryland Challenge. GrayBug, which is developing drug delivery technology; and RedOwl Analytics, a software…

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The Human Genome Project, Then and Now – NYTimes.com

The Human Genome Project, Then and Now – NYTimes.com

Eight years of work, thousands of researchers around the world, $1 billion spent — and finally it was done. On April 14, 2003, a…

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Strategies for Navigating the Life Sciences Capital Crunch – Xconomy

Strategies for Navigating the Life Sciences Capital Crunch – Xconomy

The need for innovation in healthcare has arguably never been greater.  A range of factors, from aging world populations to rising standards of living…

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New Enterprise Associates Joins $10M Series A for Cleave Biosciences – Baltimore Citybizlist

New Enterprise Associates Joins $10M Series A for Cleave Biosciences – Baltimore Citybizlist

Cleave Biosciences has added $10 million in Series A financing from new investor New Enterprise Associates, bringing its Series A total to $54 million. In the fall of…

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Sen. Mikulski to participate in National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence partners signing – CyberMaryland

Sen. Mikulski to participate in National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence partners signing – CyberMaryland

Maryland U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski plans to participate in a signing ceremony at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for new private sector…

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Industry leader recognized biotech’s potential early on – Gazette.Net

Industry leader recognized biotech’s potential early on – Gazette.Net

When he was young, Daniel J. Abdun-Nabi wasn’t all that interested in subjects like biology. He gravitated toward political science and the law in…

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Tech Council of Maryland Praises Tech-Friendly Legislative Session – Rock Hill Herald Online

Tech Council of Maryland Praises Tech-Friendly Legislative Session – Rock Hill Herald Online

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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Montgomery County Small Business Awards – Montgomery County, MD – Economic Development

Montgomery County Small Business Awards – Montgomery County, MD – Economic Development

Friday, May 24 • 12:00 - 2:00 pm • Marriott Bethesda North Conference Center Join the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development to celebrate…

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University of Maryland BioPark welcomes nonprofit international virologists – MDBIZNews

University of Maryland BioPark welcomes nonprofit international virologists – MDBIZNews

The Global Virus Network plans to move its headquarters to the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore, officials announced Thursday. Emerging pandemic viral threats and current viral killers…

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