BioHealth News Archive
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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MedImmune to Present Four Flu Abstracts at the Influenza Vaccines for the World Conference
MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, announced today it will present four abstracts at the Influenza Vaccines for the World (IVW) International Conference…
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Center for Venture Research: Angel investments in med-tech up, clean-tech down – The Business Journals
Angel investors funded 27,280 entrepreneurial ventures in the first half of this year, up nearly 4 percent from the number of businesses funded during…
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Johns Hopkins Receives $7.4 Million Grant to Boost STEM Education in Baltimore City « News from The Johns Hopkins University
Supported by a five-year $7.4 million National Science Foundation grant, experts at The Johns Hopkins University are partnering with teachers and administrators in Baltimore…
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GSK moving ahead with ‘proof of concept’ tuberculosis vaccine | MedCity News
GlaxoSmithKline and the non-profit biotech group Aeras are to assess an experimental tuberculosis vaccine in "proof of concept" tests in Africa and India, marking…
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MedImmune inks pact with two cancer institutes – Washington Business Journal
MedImmune said Tuesday it has inked a deal with two nonprofit cancer institutes that will advance three of the Gaithersburg biotech's antibodies through the…
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University of Maryland Cupid’s Cup Business Competition Opens to Student Entrepreneurs Nationwide | PRNewswire | Rock Hill Herald Online
University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship is expanding its annual Cupid's Cup Business Competition to find the country's top student entrepreneurs. Kevin Plank,…
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National Capital Planning Commission approves portion of $300 million Bethesda intelligence campus – Washington Business Journal
The National Capital Planning Commission has approved final details of the first phase of a $300 million intelligence campus being developed at the former…
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Innovation 2 Commercialization: Making Tech Transfer Count!
Friday, November 2, 2012 The Gateway to Innovation, a partnership between the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for…
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