BioHealth News Archive
Gazette.Net: Maryland bioscience community brainstorms funding paths forward
New Health Sciences has big plans. The Bethesda biotech is eyeing a $310 million revenue stream after 2015 should its storage system for red…
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New Enterprise Associates opens Chicago office, makes investment – Washington Business Journal
Chevy Chase-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates is opening an office in Chicago and is making another investment in a Chicago-area startup. NEA,…
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SAIC wins more medical research support work — Washington Technology
Science Applications International Corp. has won a $13 million contract to provide modeling support to the Naval Health Research Center. This is the company's second contract…
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UMBC to launch Cyber Scholars program with $1M Northrop Grumman gift – Baltimore Business Journal
University of Maryland, Baltimore County is creating a “Cyber Scholars” program with a $1 million grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation. Beginning in 2013,…
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Lockheed Martin and Tech Council of Maryland Host Maryland High Schools for Third Annual Cyber Security Awareness Day – MarketWatch
Lockheed Martin will host top performing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) high school students in two sessions today at its NexGen Cyber Innovation…
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NIH Offers Commercialization Assistance Program to SBIR and STTR Phase II Awardees; Applications Due November 7, 2012
The purpose of this Notice is to announce the availability of a Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) for NIH SBIR and STTR Phase II awardees.…
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NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including NIH, operates under a Continuing Resolution (CR) (H. J. Resolution 117) that was signed by…
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Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Trans-Agency Research Consortium for Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy (TACTIC) (UM1)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for…
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New York Digital Health Accelerator Is A Model To Emulate – Forbes
One of the toughest hurdles for health IT start-ups is getting in front of customers. Doctors are reluctant to pay, and sales cycles at…
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Which VCs are Getting a Lifeline From the Biotech IPOs of 2012? | Xconomy
There’s a story going on in biotech venture capital, and it’s about a slow and painful death. Four years after the start of the Great Recession,…
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Maryland’s $300k competition. Incubation included. | The Accelerator Gazette
Maryland launched the InvestMaryland Challenge today. This is a national business competition that gives seed and early-stage companies a chance to pitch their business…
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Iverson, Johns Hopkins in molecular diagnostics test license agreement – Pharmaceutical Business Review
Iverson Genetic Diagnostics has entered into a licensing agreement with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for a molecular diagnostics test, designed to help…
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Functional Assays to Screen Genomic Hits (R21/R33)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invites applications to conduct functional analyses of identified genetic variations…
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GSK to open clinical data vaults to scientists via website – FierceBiotechIT
GlaxoSmithKline committed to provide researchers with unmatched access to patient-level data from its clinical trials--including studies that failed. The move is among several steps…
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BIO Technology Transfer Symposium: Funding that First $2 Million | BIOtechNow
With creative funding schemes picking up steam and nontraditional funders taking an interest in biotech, what can universities and start-ups expect in their right…
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