BioHealth News Archive
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
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
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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FCC gives telehealth $400M boost – Healthcare IT News
The Federal Communications Commission will make $400 million available annually to healthcare providers to expand the development of broadband telehealth networks from a pilot…
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GSK invests $50M in biotech startup venture fund
GlaxoSmithKline is looking to fatten its drug pipeline through another venture capital investment with a $50 million commitment to a California fund. The drug…
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Johns Hopkins scientists use Pap test fluid to detect ovarian, endometrial cancers – Science Codex
Using cervical fluid obtained during routine Pap tests, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test to detect ovarian and…
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AstraZeneca seeking out more alliances
AstraZeneca has been talking about the importance of expanding its network of collaborations at the JPMorgan healthcare conference in San Francisco. Blogging from the…
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Digital Health Nabbed $1.4B in Venture Funds Last Year, Report Finds – iHealthBeat
Venture capitalists invested $1.4 billion in digital health companies in 2012, according to a report from Rock Health, FierceHealthIT reports (Gold, FierceHealthIT, 1/8). The…
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Tech Council of Maryland calls for R&D, biotech tax credit boost – Washington Business Journal
The Tech Council of Maryland called on legislators Monday to triple the funding for the state's research and development tax credit and double the…
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UMBC Life Sciences Startup Launching First Product
Life sciences company Plasmonix will begin selling its first product, QuantArray, early this year. The Baltimore County startup plans to commercialize two other products later…
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QIAGEN adds to pipeline of personalized healthcare diagnostics through agreements for promising new biomarkers
QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced three separate agreements that add multiple biomarkers to QIAGEN's deep development pipeline of diagnostics…
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Maryland Tedco restructures grant programs – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. (Tedco) is restructuring some of its grant programs and taking on oversight responsibilities for others. The changes are in…
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New Enterprise Associates raises most among VC firms in 2012 – Baltimore Business Journal
New Enterprise Associates raised the most money of any venture capital firm in 2012. New Enterprise, headquartered in Chevy Chase and has a Timonium…
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MacroGenics could get $1B payday – Washington Business Journal
Rockville-based MacroGenics Inc. has struck a drug development deal with Gilead Sciences Inc. that could ultimately be worth $1 billion. The licensing agreement is…
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HHS Announces $1.9M for Six New Telehealth Resource Centers – iHealthBeat
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration has announced plans to distribute $1.9 million for the creation of six telehealth resource centers, mHIMSS reports (Wicklund, mHIMSS,…
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