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MedImmune to Present Four Flu Abstracts at the Influenza Vaccines for the World Conference

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

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

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

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 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 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

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!

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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National Capital region plays host to more than just contracting

National Capital region plays host to more than just contracting

When many people think of the National Capital region and the businesses that call it home, a handful of industries come to mind. Certainly…

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The NIH Plan for Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High Growth Businesses

The NIH Plan for Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High Growth Businesses

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s biomedical research agency. The NIH’s extramural funding supports research at more than 3,000 institutions. A…

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Can Technology Solve America’s Healthcare Problems?

Can Technology Solve America’s Healthcare Problems?

Healthcare is a hot-button issue in America right now -– partly because it’s election season and partly because our healthcare system faces some legitimately…

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it could BE different: The Path to More Failed Therapeutics

it could BE different: The Path to More Failed Therapeutics

Ask a committee of 16 academics, 3 bureaucrats, 2 Fortune 500 executives and 1 Venture Capitalist to provide the President of the United States…

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San Francisco Becomes Leading Center of Innovation in Health Care and Biosciences

San Francisco Becomes Leading Center of Innovation in Health Care and Biosciences

UCSF and its affiliates have been successful in the transformation of San Francisco as a leading center of innovation in health care and biosciences,…

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Pitch Across Maryland Tops Expectations | Baltimore Citybizlist

Pitch Across Maryland Tops Expectations | Baltimore Citybizlist

After more than two weeks crisscrossing the state with stops in Ocean City, La Plata, Hagerstown and pretty much everywhere in between, the bright…

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Maryland venture capital program to award three firms $100,000 each in entrepreneur contest – Washington Business Journal

Maryland venture capital program to award three firms $100,000 each in entrepreneur contest – Washington Business Journal

Maryland will be giving away $300,000 to promising entrepreneurs in a business competition. The contest, called the InvestMaryland Challenge, is part of the state’s…

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