BioHealth News Archive
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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USM looking for a new Director for the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
IBBR (www.ibbr.umd.edu) is a joint research institute, which brings together partner institutions including the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP); University of Maryland, Baltimore…
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GSK ranked first among global pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been ranked first among global pharmaceuticals companies assessed for their efforts to improve access to medicine in developing countries, in the…
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Small Business Administration Final SBIR Rules
On December 27, 2012, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule to amend regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation…
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Freeman A. Hrabowski III, UMBC president, joins T. Rowe Price board – baltimoresun.com
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has joined the board of T. Rowe Price Group as an independent…
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