BioHealth News Archive
QIAGEN and Bayer HealthCare Partner to Develop Companion Diagnostics to Guide Treatment… — HILDEN, Germany, October 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —
QIAGEN and Bayer HealthCare today announced a collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of companion diagnostics paired with novel Bayer HealthCare drugs, initially to…
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Rock Health’s Fourth Class Kicks Off With $100K Seed Funds From Kleiner & More, Plus Support From Kaiser | TechCrunch
Rock Health, the seed accelerator for startups focused on the health space, landed a big, new partner back in August: The well-known Silicon Valley…
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China’s WuXi AppTec opens biologics plant – FiercePharma Manufacturing
Chinese CRO WuXi AppTec has opened a biologics manufacturing plant in Shanghai that will initially serve a joint venture it has with AstraZeneca ($AZN)…
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Accelerate Baltimore
Have a great idea? Looking for seed money and resources to bring your technology to market? AccelerateBaltimore can help you! AccelerateBaltimore™ is an initiative…
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(It’s Not Your Father’s SBIR Program Anymore)
The new SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Law (buried in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) made a number of radical changes in these…
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Selectin Blocker Can Protect Blood Stem Cells from Chemo | BioWorld
Researchers from Australia and U.S. biotech company GlycoMimetics Inc. have reported new insights into how blood stem cells are activated by selectins, and how…
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GlycoMimetics Announces Publication in Nature Medicine of Preclinical Data for Its GMI-1070 Drug Candidate | Business Wire
GlycoMimetics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new class of glycobiology-based therapies for a broad range of indications, announced today that preclinical data…
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2012 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Maryland – Eventbrite
Join us as we recognize 2012 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Maryland and learn about InvestMaryland. Network with Maryland's Fastest Growing Companies and…
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Venture capital: Maryland venture capital investment declines, mirrors national trend – baltimoresun.com
Young companies in Maryland, Washington and Northern Virginia raised 14 percent less venture capital funding in the third quarter than they did last year…
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5 ways healthcare and life science companies have benefited from government funding | MedCity News
The third and last presidential debate had few healthcare moments, but one issue that was raised did have some relevance, particularly for any healthcare…
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Maryland Innovation Initiative names board chair, unveils first two programs – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Innovation Initiative on Monday named a new board chair and unveiled its first two programs designed to provide funding to support the…
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$2 million prize announced for a cure for blindness by 2020 – baltimoresun.com
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to…
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Entrepreneurship Takes Center Stage at the University of Baltimore
Entrepreneurship: It’s a buzzword on a lot of college campuses, in executive boardrooms, and among venture capitalists, franchisers, advocates and believers in the American…
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PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree: D.C. area raises $215M in Q3 venture capital – Washington Business Journal
Maryland, Virginia and the District raised a collective $215.7 million in venture funding in the third quarter, slipping from the $245.7 million raised in…
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MedImmune Ventures-backed Synovex Corp. Raises Half of $7 Million Share Offering | Baltimore Citybizlist
Synovex Corp., a drug developer, has raised $3.50 million, or 50 percent of a $7 million share offering, from five investors, according to an SEC filing. Principals named in…
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