BioHealth News Archive
Lilly invests in $150 million Canada life sciences fund
Eli Lilly is participating in a new investment fund which will focus primarily on early-stage drug development opportunities in Canada as a whole and…
Read MoreWhy we need a Federal Lab Innovation Authority: Unlocking Our Federal Lab Resources for Economic Growth
Below is an editorial suggesting the nation could become more economically competitive by helping remove barriers to connect our federal lab technology, human and…
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MedImmune creates new Cambridge hothouse
MedImmune in Cambridge UK is reaching out to academics and biotech companies in a bid to improve the industry’s poor neuroscience track record. Together…
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Why doctors won’t stop PSA testing anytime soon
Johns Hopkins researchers say it’s going to be a hard sell to get physicians to stop screening healthy men routinely for prostate cancer with…
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InvestMaryland Forum
Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)Rockville, MD A free and open forum to: Discuss InvestMaryland implementation progress and investment…
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The “Valley of Death” Looms for 8 Kids with a Rare Disease | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
The pharmaceutical industry rightly calls the stage in drug development between basic research and clinical trials the “Valley of Death.” This is when a…
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2012 BIO International Convention – Boston
Thousands of companies from around the world and all industry segments will be at BIO, ready to build strategic partnerships. Attend the Global Event…
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Fulfilling the promise of bioscience: report from Milken Institute outlines steps for overcoming barriers to innovation in medical research
It's been almost a decade since the Human Genome Project was completed, yet despite the best efforts of thousands of scientists around the world,…
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Events: Boston by the Numbers
BIO International Convention organizers are hoping for the usual surge in attendance provided by the Boston biotech community at the event scheduled for June…
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Want Better Odds? Get a Pharma Corporate VC to Invest – Forbes
Pharma corporate venture was back in the biotech news today with the release of Burrill & Company’s June 2012 report. An interesting article by Vinay…
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Rockville Economic Development Inc. appoints executive director
Laurie Boyer, president of the Maryland Economic Development Association, is the new executive director of Rockville Economic Development Inc. Boyer has more than 15…
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BioPulse – New cancer center breaks ground
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Who’s on Biotech’s Endangered Species List? Mid-Sized Drug Developers | Xconomy
Only a few companies have ever been successful enough to call themselves Big Biotechs. If boards and shareholders lack vision and guts, we’ll look back…
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Cleveland Clinic to help Notre Dame commercialize medical innovations
Following on the heels of two hospitals, the University of Notre Dame has become the first university to strike a collaboration with Cleveland Clinic…
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Osiris becomes first company to market stem-cell therapy – Baltimore Business Journal
Osiris Therapeutics Inc. in Columbia has become the world’s first company to receive market approval for a manufactured stem cell product. Health Canada, the…
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