BioHealth News Archive
Q&A: On health data ‘we can’t dream big enough’ – Government Health IT
As the CEO of Pulse8, John Criswell works with health insurance exchanges and long-term care facilities on big data and analytics, which gives him…
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A new model for venture capital? SEC OKs online VC FundersClub – MedCity News
No action is good action. At least for online investment platform the Funders Club that today received a ‘no-action letter’ from the SEC stating…
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A mobile health app Sweet 16: Is FDA-approval the ultimate top seed? – MedCity News
The Congressional hearings debating the regulatory framework for mobile health devices and apps made me think about how we view mobile health apps and…
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Three Hot Investment Areas in Medtech for 2013 – Life Science Nation
As we come to the close of Q1 of 2013, LSN has compiled some insight into three of the hottest subsectors being targeted by…
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Rockville’s Adlyfe awarded $300,000 through InvestMaryland – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Venture Fund has awarded $300,000 to Adlyfe, a Rockville diagnostic test developer, as part of the state’s InvestMaryland program. Adlyfe, which is…
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Why It Stinks To Be A Healthcare Entrepreneur – Forbes
This the title [paraphrased] of a keynote given last week by Jonathon Bush, the CEO of AthenaHealth, at the Xconomy Mobile Madness conference in…
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Does your mobile health app need FDA clearance? Checklist gives guidance for digital health entrepreneurs – MedCity News
A week after the Congressional hearings discussed how the US Food and Drug Administration’s impending regulatory guidelines (expected by October) will impact mobile health…
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HHS’ Sebelius: Brace for healthcare cost ‘shifting’ (ie. increased costs for men, the young) – MedCity News
President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger…
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Emergent BioSolutions, other Michigan companies bring in students for fresh ideas – BioPrepWatch.com
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, is generating fresh ideas from Michigan State University students at its Lansing location to improve operations.…
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New Enterprise Associates is not a private equity firm – Washington Business Journal
Sure, New Enterprise Associates is much, much bigger than most venture capital firms. And not all of their deals fall neatly into what we…
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Maryland Eastern Shore’s first full-service business incubator approved – MDBIZNews
Tech entrepreneurs will soon find a new home at Innovation Crossroads, the Eastern Shore’s first, full-service business incubator. Gov. Martin O’Malley and the department…
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Transformation, From A to Zed – Site Selection Online
Two announcements on Monday and Thursday of last week signaled a fundamental strategic and physical shift for biopharma giant AstraZeneca, including the establishment of…
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6 healthcare IT investment opportunities and trends for angels and startups – MedCity News
Many of the changes in the healthcare industry outlined by the Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act call for shifting to healthcare IT for…
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A ‘Series A crunch’ for Internet startups (just as digital health is taking off)? – MedCity News
The Series A crunch has left the realm of Bigfoot and Nessie and is entering the realm of truth, at least according to Fenwick…
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8 Reasons Why Every Health Tech Startup Should Use Crowdfunding
Why not explore what’s to gain from crowdfunding when there’s nothing to lose? MedStartr’s co-founder and CEO Alex Fair explains. Alex Fair, Co-Founder &…
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