BioHealth News Archive

Children’s National Medical Center hospital puts hopes in crowdfunding – Washington Business Journal

Children’s National Medical Center hospital puts hopes in crowdfunding – Washington Business Journal

Children’s National Medical Center researchers hope the general public’s generosity can fill in the gaps left by dwindling governmental and philanthropic support. Following a…

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Tech Transfer Speakers Series – The NIH Deal of Distinction: Using Innovative Public-Private Partnerships in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS

Tech Transfer Speakers Series – The NIH Deal of Distinction: Using Innovative Public-Private Partnerships in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS

Date: December 12, 2012 3:30-5:30pm Presenters: Steven M. Ferguson, CLP, Deputy Director, Licensing and Entrepreneurship, NIH Office of Technology Transfer and Mark Rohrbaugh, J.D.,…

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InvestMaryland Challenge – 1 Week Left for Businesses to Apply for $425K in Prizes & Awards

InvestMaryland Challenge – 1 Week Left for Businesses to Apply for $425K in Prizes & Awards

There are only 7 Days Left to apply for the InvestMaryland Challenge. Application Deadline is December 13. Enter your early-stage business into the Challenge…

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Emerging Technology Centers Receive International Honor

Emerging Technology Centers Receive International Honor

The National Business Incubation Association has again awarded the NBIA Soft Landings International Incubator designation to the Emerging Technology Centers of Baltimore. This was…

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Grotech picked as InvestMaryland venture capital firm – Baltimore Business Journal

Grotech picked as InvestMaryland venture capital firm – Baltimore Business Journal

Grotech Ventures has been selected as the first private venture capital firm to receive funds to invest through the state’s $84 million InvestMaryland program.…

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Cerecor Announces Option to Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute DAAO Inhibitor Platform -PRNewswire

Cerecor Announces Option to Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute DAAO Inhibitor Platform -PRNewswire

Cerecor Inc today announced that it has signed an option with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for an exclusive license to develop and commercialize small…

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University Of Maryland Medical Center Named Top Hospital – CBS Baltimore

University Of Maryland Medical Center Named Top Hospital – CBS Baltimore

The University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the nation’s top hospitals, according to the annual Leapfrog Group survey. This is the seventh…

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Betamore incubator opens in Federal Hill – Baltimore Business Journal

Betamore incubator opens in Federal Hill – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore’s newest incubator is officially open for business — and class. Betamore, located at 1111 Light St. in Federal Hill, aims to help grow…

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DreamIt Ventures Teams Up With Blue Cross, Penn Medicine To Launch An Accelerator For Health Startups – TechCrunch

DreamIt Ventures Teams Up With Blue Cross, Penn Medicine To Launch An Accelerator For Health Startups – TechCrunch

While accelerators may be in a bubble, they’re also beginning to have a measurable, positive impact on the ecosystem. The real opportunity, though, is…

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KQED and Knight Foundation invest $2.5 million in startup accelerator – San Francisco Business Times

KQED and Knight Foundation invest $2.5 million in startup accelerator – San Francisco Business Times

KQED and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation each invested $1.25 million in Matter Ventures, a media startup accelerator they've created with…

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Chesapeake Crescent Initiative and TEDCO Forming Regional Innovation Fund for Start-Ups – SYS-CON MEDIA

Chesapeake Crescent Initiative and TEDCO Forming Regional Innovation Fund for Start-Ups – SYS-CON MEDIA

A new $50 million investment fund will provide seed capital to launch new businesses that use technologies from government and university research labs in…

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NYC shapes up with new health tech incubator — Tech News and Analysis

NYC shapes up with new health tech incubator — Tech News and Analysis

Early stage startups already see New York as a hub for media, advertising and fashion. But the city is starting to build up its…

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NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities, December 3, 2012

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities, December 3, 2012

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…

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Towson University’s new innovations – The Towerlight

Towson University’s new innovations – The Towerlight

As of Friday, the Division of Economic and Community Outreach changed its name to the Division of Innovation and Applied Research. The department “serves…

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Johns Hopkins ranks first in R&D expenditures for 33rd consecutive year – Hub

Johns Hopkins ranks first in R&D expenditures for 33rd consecutive year – Hub

The Johns Hopkins University performed $2.1 billion in medical, science, and engineering research in fiscal 2011, making it the leading U.S. academic institution in…

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