BioHealth News Archive
Rockville biotech snags $220M for biodefense center
Emergent BioSolutions, the Rockville biotech that sells the only approved anthrax vaccine to the federal government, has won a $220 million grant to establish…
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Emergent BioSolutions to develop HHS innovation center – Washington Business Journal
Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has formed a public-private partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Center for Innovation…
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6th Street Commerce Wins 2012 Maryland Incubator Company Of The Year Award – Houston Chronicle
6th Street Commerce, an innovative E-commerce solutions provider to the retail industry, today announced that the company was selected Maryland Incubator Company of the…
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THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The Johns Hopkins University (JHU), America’s first research university, in Baltimore, Md., USA, and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), a mobile and information…
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More Health Care Innovation Awards announced by HHS | Healthcare Finance News
The recipients of 81 new Health Care Innovation Awards were announced last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.…
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Academics, entrepreneurs represent Md. at BIO MDBIZNews
Each year, the University of Maryland business development team looks forward to spending three days in early summer at arguably the most significant annual…
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InvestMaryland Forum Draws More Than 200 Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists – Citybizlist Washington DC
The Maryland Venture Fund Authority along with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) hosted a free public forum on InvestMaryland - a…
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HHS gives 81 innovation awards in second round | Healthcare IT News
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday announced the recipients of 81 new Health Care Innovation Awards made possible by Affordable Care…
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HHS names Sivak new chief technology officer – Washington Business Journal
The Department of Health and Human Services has named Brian Sivak as the department’s next chief technology officer, according to Federal News Radio. Sivak,…
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NCATS Funding Opportunities for Industry Partnerships to Develop Repurposed Drugs
NCATS at the NIH has released two RFAs on Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules (UH2/UH3). Applications are due on December 17, 2012. …
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Human Genome sets deadline for buyout offers – CBS News
Biotech drugmaker Human Genome Sciences Inc. is giving all bidders until July 16 to submit their final buyout offers and appealed to GlaxoSmithKline PLC…
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MedImmune CEO Peter Greenleaf, Human Genome Sciences CEO Tom Watkins, Montgomery County, Maryland Executive Isiah Leggett Come Together
The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development will host a press event highlighting the nation’s first local biotech investment incentive program, initiated by Montgomery…
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To Neuroscience Drug Discovery and Preclinical Development Researchers:
I would like to bring to your attention that the Office of Translational Research (OTR) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke…
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InvestMaryland preps to dole out $56M to venture capital firms – Washington Business Journal
Maryland officials are preparing to dole out the first investments of the $84 million InvestMaryland program this summer, but they must first whittle down…
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U. of Maryland to Count Patents and Commercialization in Tenure Reviews – Administration – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University System of Maryland is about to adopt a new policy to formally give credit in tenure and promotion decisions for faculty work…
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