BioHealth News Archive

O’Malley floats $3 million tax credit pool to bolster cyber security – Baltimore Business Journal

O’Malley floats $3 million tax credit pool to bolster cyber security – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland is looking to build on the success of a biotechnology tax credit to bolster another industry here — cyber security. Gov. Martin O’Malley…

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SR One Announces the OneStart 158600 Life Sciences

SR One Announces the OneStart 158600 Life Sciences

Venture capital firm SR One has launched “OneStart,” its first business plan competition, in association with Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable and Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst. OneStart…

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Emergent BioSolutions initiates Phase II clinical trial for Anthrax vaccine – equities.com

Emergent BioSolutions initiates Phase II clinical trial for Anthrax vaccine – equities.com

Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a pharmaceutical company, has initiated the Phase II clinical trial for NuThrax or AV7909, with the dosing of the first subject.…

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Life sciences boosted by new £50m venture capital fund – BBC News

Life sciences boosted by new £50m venture capital fund – BBC News

A £50m venture capital fund focusing on early-stage life science and health technology companies has been launched in Scotland. Rock Spring Ventures said it…

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Johns Hopkins awarded $3.5M for robot research project – BmoreMedia

Johns Hopkins awarded $3.5M for robot research project – BmoreMedia

Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering is collaborating with universities around the country on a project to create robots that work more efficiently with…

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Acceleprise welcomes first of three classes for ’13 – The Washington Post

Acceleprise welcomes first of three classes for ’13 – The Washington Post

District-based Acceleprise, a business accelerator program for companies that sell technology or services to other companies or organizations, is expanding in an effort to serve…

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Forget double helix. ‘Quadruple helix’ DNA discovered in human cells | ScienceBlog.com

Forget double helix. ‘Quadruple helix’ DNA discovered in human cells | ScienceBlog.com

In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a paper describing the interweaving ‘double helix’ DNA structure – the chemical code for all life.…

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ETC Announces AccelerateBaltimore™ Winning Companies

ETC Announces AccelerateBaltimore™ Winning Companies

Baltimore City’s technology incubator, ETC  (Emerging Technology Center), announced today that six companies have been selected to participate in the 2013 AccelerateBaltimore™ program –a…

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Washington region raises an abysmal $95 million in Q4 venture funding – Washington Business Journal

Washington region raises an abysmal $95 million in Q4 venture funding – Washington Business Journal

Companies in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. raised a paltry $94.9 million in venture funding in the last three months of 2012, according to the…

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Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., signs license agreement for flu vaccine production – Vaccine News Daily

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., signs license agreement for flu vaccine production – Vaccine News Daily

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., recently signed a license agreement for the manufacture and sale of VaxInnate Corporation’s recombinant influenza vaccine. The deal is considered to…

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New Enterprise Associates tops list of most active VCs – Washington Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates tops list of most active VCs – Washington Business Journal

Bicoastal venture titan New Enterprise Associates ranked as the most active VC firm in the country last year, according to investment research firm CB…

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Maryland budget reflects improving economy – baltimoresun.com

Maryland budget reflects improving economy – baltimoresun.com

Gov. Martin O'Malley released a $37 billion spending plan Wednesday that for the first time in recent years contains no drastic cuts or proposed…

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Blueprint Health’s new class shows there are still plenty of new ideas in the digital health pipeline – MedCity News

Blueprint Health’s new class shows there are still plenty of new ideas in the digital health pipeline – MedCity News

Another day, another class of digital health startups. That’s how it feels sometimes, with so many accelerators working with dozens of new companies each…

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GSK seeks FDA approval for new GLP-1 agonist

GSK seeks FDA approval for new GLP-1 agonist

British healthcare firm GlaxoSmithKline has filed for US regulatory approval of its new type 2 diabetes drug albiglutide, which belongs to the same group…

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Peter Greenleaf steps down as MedImmune president, Bahija Jallal chosen as replacement – Capital Business Blog – The Washington Post

Peter Greenleaf steps down as MedImmune president, Bahija Jallal chosen as replacement – Capital Business Blog – The Washington Post

Peter Greenleaf is stepping down down as president of Gaithersburg-based biotechnology giant MedImmune, according to a company spokesman, to take the helm of parent…

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