BioHealth News Archive

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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Bahija Jallal to replace Peter Greenleaf as head of MedImmune – Baltimore Business Journal

Bahija Jallal to replace Peter Greenleaf as head of MedImmune – Baltimore Business Journal

MedImmune executive Bahija Jallal will be the new chief of the Gaithersburg biotech under a leadership shuffle by parent company AstraZeneca, a spokesman confirmed…

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Medical device is “sector darling” when it comes to healthcare VC deals in fourth quarter – MedCity News

Medical device is “sector darling” when it comes to healthcare VC deals in fourth quarter – MedCity News

There might be a lot of griping about how tight the venture capital world is when it comes to funding medical devices, but reality…

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At J.P. Morgan Conference, VCs Upbeat on Medical Devices – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

At J.P. Morgan Conference, VCs Upbeat on Medical Devices – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

The buzz around biotechnology investing that could be felt this year at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference could reach the beleaguered medical-device sector as…

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Backed By New Partnerships With Humana, Aetna & Verizon, Blueprint Health Debuts Its Third Class Of Healthcare Disruptors – TechCrunch

Backed By New Partnerships With Humana, Aetna & Verizon, Blueprint Health Debuts Its Third Class Of Healthcare Disruptors – TechCrunch

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it one bajillion times. If you’re going to start a business accelerator, don’t clone Y Combinator or…

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Deals Of The Week Catches Up with SR One – The IN VIVO Blog

Deals Of The Week Catches Up with SR One – The IN VIVO Blog

Amid the exhaustive meet-and-greet opportunities available at the 2013 JP Morgan conference, which took place in San Francisco earlier this week, we met with…

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Baltimore ranks No. 4 among America’s hottest tech cities – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore ranks No. 4 among America’s hottest tech cities – Baltimore Business Journal

The Baltimore-area ranks fourth on a new Forbes list of the hottest tech markets in the country. The report, conducted by Praxis Strategy Group,…

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