BioHealth News Archive
UMD Program Awards $4.7 Million to Maryland University Researchers to Help 16 Local Companies Develop Technology Products – MarketWatch
The University of Maryland's Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program today announces it is awarding $4.7 million to Maryland university researchers to help 16 local…
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Ways for Startups to Survive the Valley of Death
The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the…
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Don’t worry about Baltimore’s patent drought – baltimoresun.com
Life sciences research is a strong economic driver, even if it leads to few patents As the economy continues to flounder, many cities are…
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Montgomery County looks to get hip – The Washington Post
Montgomery officials are under no illusions about the county’s image among the Washington region’s young: boring. “We’re a little sleepy,” said County Council member…
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Johns Hopkins Wins Massive $2.3 Billion Pentagon Contract
On Friday, the Department of Defense announced that it has awarded The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a five-year, sole source, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…
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2013 Rice Business Plan Competition – iStart.org
The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice…
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SBIR/STTR Omnibus Grant Solicitations Now Available | atdc.org
The Department of Health and Human Services SBIR/STTR grant solicitation aimed at supporting small business innovation research is now available. Through the PHS 2013-02…
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Mikulski: Montgomery County “The Incubator Of American Innovation” – BethesdaNow.com
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) dropped by Rockville on Monday for lunch with the Montgomery County Council, where much of the hour-long meeting focused on…
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Dominick Murray confirmed as Maryland economic development secretary – Baltimore Business Journal
Dominick Murray has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee to be the next head of the state's economic development office. Murray…
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Innovate Health Tech NYC Challenge
Innovate Health Tech NYC invites software and hardware developers and other innovators living or working in New York City to create new commercially viable…
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PILOT Health Tech NYC
PILOT Health Tech NYC is an exciting new program which provides funding of up to $100,000 each to 10 innovative pilot projects to take…
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United Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of Resubmission of Oral Treprostinil NDA
United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged the resubmission of the new drug application (NDA) for…
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Qiagen and Lilly Expand Diagnostic Partnership
Diagnostic products maker Qiagen NV said Wednesday that it will work with Eli Lilly and Co. to develop new tests that could identify patients…
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Crowdfunding university research and tech commercialization: 6 sites that are doing it – MedCity News
A piece in Forbes this week calls attention to a recent trend in technology commercialization at universities: the use of crowdfunding. The article focused…
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4 things to consider to position your biotechnology startup for an acquisition – MedCity News
As Valentine’s Day approaches the occasion begs the question: what does it take for two companies in the biopharmaceutical industry to merge? Of all…
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