BioHealth News Archive

Startup Maryland Posts 168 “Pitch Across Maryland” Video Pitches

Startup Maryland Posts 168 “Pitch Across Maryland” Video Pitches

Startup Maryland has released the 168 video pitchesfrom Maryland entrepreneurs that were captured during the Pitch Across Maryland bus tour, the three week tour…

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John Hopkins Researchers Employ X-ray Crystallography to Build 3-D Model of TB Protein

John Hopkins Researchers Employ X-ray Crystallography to Build 3-D Model of TB Protein

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out the three-dimensional shape of the protein responsible for creating unique bonds within the cell wall of the…

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7 digital health trends reflected in Rock Health’s new class | MedCity News

7 digital health trends reflected in Rock Health’s new class | MedCity News

Kaiser Permanente is joining Mayo Clinic, KPCB, Genentech, UnitedHealth and others as a partner of digital health accelerator Rock Health, which revealed a new…

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Rock Health’s new class of startups: apps, APIs, artificial intelligence — Tech News and Analysis

Rock Health’s new class of startups: apps, APIs, artificial intelligence — Tech News and Analysis

Startups offering everything from personalized nutrition and pregnancy apps to live online fitness instruction and a smart, souped-up toothbrush are among the members of…

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Five Landmark IP Deals Receive Licensing Executives Society’s Prestigious 2012 Deals of Distinction™ Awards

Five Landmark IP Deals Receive Licensing Executives Society’s Prestigious 2012 Deals of Distinction™ Awards

A gigantic patent deal by AOL, Microsoft and Facebook was one of five extraordinary intellectual property licensing deals that received Licensing Executives Society, (U.S.A.…

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High-Growth Firms Flourish in Maryland

High-Growth Firms Flourish in Maryland

While Silicon Valley, Austin and other traditional high-tech hotbeds are considered cities with high-growth companies, new Kauffman Foundation research shows that innovations can come…

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Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day – Nov. 27th

Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day – Nov. 27th

Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day is a special event that features research talks, presentations, mini-symposia, and demonstrations by university scientists. The program provides…

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QIAGEN and Bayer HealthCare Partner to Develop Companion Diagnostics to Guide Treatment… — HILDEN, Germany, October 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

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’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

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

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)

(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

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 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

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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