BioHealth News Archive
Big data, mobile health entrepreneurs in StartUp Health’s new class get GE mentors – MedCity News
Among 400 applications from 22 countries, 13 early stage healthcare companies have been chosen for a three-year entrepreneurship class run by StartUp Health and…
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AstraZeneca Takes Over AlphaCore – Analyst Blog
AstraZeneca 's ( AZN ) worldwide biologics research and development (R&D) unit, MedImmune recently acquired AlphaCore Pharma, a biotechnology company based in Michigan. Financial…
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Rock Health predicts a record year for digital health deals – VentureBeat
Digital health incubator Rock Health released data today that shows an increase in funding for med-tech startups in the first quarter of 2013. Thirty-seven…
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The big-data revolution in US health care: Accelerating value and innovation – McKinsey & Company
A big-data revolution is under way in health care. Start with the vastly increased supply of information. Over the last decade, pharmaceutical companies have…
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Johns Hopkins researcher awarded prestigious Ho-Am Prize in Medicine – Hub
Johns Hopkins researcher Se-Jin Lee was named Wednesday as the 2013 recipient of the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in medical…
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Improving outcomes, speeding up diagnoses among goals of DreamIt Venture’s first health IT accelerator – MedCity News
Philadelphia has reached a milestone in its efforts to be recognized as a healthcare and life sciences hub with the start of its first…
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Maryland invests $500,000 in Cytomedix Inc. – Baltimore Business Journal
Maryland has invested $500,000 in Cytomedix Inc., a regenerative medicine company in Gaithersburg. The investment was made through the state's Maryland Venture Fund and…
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EAGB’s Tom Sadowski Appointed to UMBC’s Public Policy External Advisory Board – GreaterBaltimore
Tom Sadowski, President and CEO, of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore has been appointed to UMBC’s Public Policy External Advisory Board. Created in…
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MedImmune acquires AlphaCore Pharma – Washington Business Journal
Gaithersburg-based MedImmune, which is gaining hundreds of jobs in a consolidation by parent company AstraZeneca PLC, has completed its acquisition of AlphaCore Pharma LLC…
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GSK seeks to expand use of Benlysta drug beyond lupus – Reuters
GlaxoSmithKline is trying to expand the market for its Benlysta drug beyond lupus by launching a major study of the medicine as a treatment…
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President Obama Speaks on the BRAIN Initiative and American Innovation – YouTube
President Obama unveils a bold new research initiative designed to revolutionize our understanding of the human brain, and discusses the importance of investing in…
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Risks and Perils of Crowdfunding Your Biotech Start-Up – GEN | Magazine
Since the passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606) last year, the financial and medical press has been buzzing about…
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WEXFORD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TO MERGE WITH BIOMED REALTY TRUST
BioMed Realty Adds 1.6 Million Square Foot Portfolio & Expands University / Research Institution Segment to 18% of Annualized Base Rents BioMed Realty Trust,…
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InvestMaryland Challenge narrowed to 9 finalists – Baltimore Business Journal
And then there were nine. The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development has named three finalists in three separate categories of the final…
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InvestMaryland Challenge Awards Finale
Monday, April 15th 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at MICA's Brown Center After months of submitting business plans, scoring applications, developing special awards and partnering with us,…
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