BioHealth News Archive
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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NEA, Pfizer build a launch pad for a portfolio of orphan-drug biotechs – FierceBiotech
David Mott at New Enterprise Associates has spearheaded the development of an orphan drug accelerator that plans to hunt down the best in vivo-stage…
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GSK plans $1 million prize to jump-start electroceuticals – Reuters
GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's biggest drugmaker, is placing a small but important bet on a new way of treating diseases by targeting electrical signals in the…
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iDoctor: Could a smartphone be the future of medicine? – Video on NBCNews.com
One of the world’s top physicians, Dr. Eric Topol, has a prescription that could improve your family’s health and make medical care cheaper. The…
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Global Virus Network Opens Headquarters in the University of Maryland BioPark
The University of Maryland (UM) BioPark announced today that the Global Virus Network (GVN) is the Park’s newest tenant. The GVN is a non-profit organization…
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United Therapeutics Receives Regulatory Approval to Commence Phase I Study of Pluristem’s PLX-PAD Cells for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Benzinga
Pluristem Therapeutics (NASDSQ: PSTI) announced today that following favorable preclinical studies, United Therapeutics Corporation received approval to perform a human Phase I study in…
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Pieris and Sanofi Broaden Existing Collaboration – Business Wire
Pieris AG and The Sanofi Group have jointly agreed to expand their ongoing discovery and development partnership to include a novel multispecific Anticalin® program.…
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New test strikes a blow against cervical cancer – chinadaily.com.cn
A test that detects human papillomavirus, a virus directly related to cervical cancer, has hit the market following approval by the China Food and…
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MedImmune to Exhibit at 2013 BIO International Convention, Apr 22 – 25, 2013, in Chicago IL, US
Company: MedImmune Booth/Stand: 3344 Event: 2013 BIO International ConventionApr 22 - 25 2013 Chicago IL US About MedImmune MedImmune is the worldwide biologics research…
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Press Conference: HHS Budget for Fiscal Year 2014
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius joins Ellen Murray, the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), and HHS agency leaders to announce the President's HHS budget…
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MPower alliance with UMB results in innovative programs – The Diamondback
When engineers at this university learned of a Baltimore neurosurgeon’s struggle to operate on sensitive parts of the brain, they designed a tiny robot…
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The rise of the student startup – Washington Business Journal
I launched a literary magazine in college. I actually thought that was a good idea. After a few too many 16-hour days of hustling…
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Maryland Tedco names Stifel exec to oversee four VC funds – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. has named a Stifel Nicolaus Weisel executive to manager the organization’s four venture capital funds. Christopher College was hired…
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Tech Council of Maryland Names Finalists for 25th Annual TCM Tech Awards
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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Nominate your Best Startups: Exits Startups Showcase + Conference
Nominate your best startups to present to a select group of invitation-only investors and Global 1000 companies as part of the Virtual Startups Showcase…
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