BioHealth News Archive

Elaine Amir Among Top 100 Maryland Women – Montgomery County Campus News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus

Elaine Amir Among Top 100 Maryland Women – Montgomery County Campus News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus

Congratulations to Elaine Amir! Elaine, executive director of the Montgomery County Campus of Johns Hopkins University, was named to The Daily Record’s 2013 list…

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Eight New Companies Join JHU Montgomery County Campus – Montgomery County Campus News

Eight New Companies Join JHU Montgomery County Campus – Montgomery County Campus News

The following eight companies have joined our campus community within the past few months. Welcome! We look forward to hearing more about your work.…

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Calling all Innovators: Demo @ the Next Health Datapalooza – HealthData.gov

Calling all Innovators: Demo @ the Next Health Datapalooza – HealthData.gov

“Transformation” is the best description of what is happening in health care right now. We are seeing historic changes in how health care is…

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Q&A: On health data ‘we can’t dream big enough’ – Government Health IT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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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