BioHealth News Archive
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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