BioHealth News Archive
GlaxoSmithKline makes hostile Human Genome Sciences bid – Washington Business Journal
GlaxoSmithKline PLC is taking its unsolicited $2.6 billion bid for Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences Inc. directly to the biotech's shareholders through a tender…
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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to Establish NHLBI Centers for Accelerated Innovations
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) published a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in the Spring 2012 NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts…
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We Can’t Wait Update: Advancing Innovation in Health Care | The White House
From the electric light bulb to the Internet, American innovations have made lives better for people in this country and all over the world.…
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We Can’t Wait: HHS announces first 26 Health Care Innovation awards
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the first batch of organizations for Health Care Innovation awards. Made possible by the…
Read MoreBreaking the Genome Bottleneck – Technology Review
The genomic data generated from next-generation sequencing machines doesn't amount to much more than alphabet soup if it's not subjected to significant computational processing…
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Supernus moves from IPO to FDA – Washington Business Journal
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. capped off its first week on the Nasdaq up nearly $1 from its initial public offering price. With its IPO in…
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State biotech firms hoping Congress will act – baltimoresun.com
A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping…
Read MoreShould the FDA Approve More Drugs after Phase II? A Response to Matthew Herper – Forbes
Last Friday, Forbes health care editor Matt Herper and I sat down to talk about my proposal, which I detailed in a paper for…
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Biotech Venture Funding Drops 43% in First Quarter | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP – JDSupra
Last month, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report…
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NIH’s Collins Lauds “Unprecedented” Partnership at NY Bio Confab | Xconomy
Yesterday at the New York Biotechnology Association’s 21st annual meeting, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins was beamed in by videoconference to a keynote…
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Cambridge life science sector on record high | Business Weekly | Technology | Biotechnology | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England
Cambridge’s most prolific life sciences entrepreneur, Andy Richards, says the local cluster is attracting more cash and global kudos than at any time in…
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QIAGEN Acquires AmniSure International to Add Unique Assay to Emerging Point of Need Portfolio – MarketWatch
QIAGEN expands Point of Need portfolio with unique AmniSureassay to detect rupture of fetal membranes (ROM) - checked in up to 30% of U.S.…
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3 Start-Ups Join Loyola Business Accelerator – North Baltimore, MD Patch
The first three start-ups have been selected to participate in a new business accelerator program started by Loyola University Maryland. CodePupil, PointClickSwitch.com and Vidstructor…
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Fine-tuning Nanotech to Target Cancer – Technology Review
The results of the human trials are startling. Even at a lower-than-usual dose, multiple lung metastases shrank or even disappeared after one patient received…
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Entrepreneurship Ready to “Pop” in Maryland – Citybizlist Baltimore
Maryland has the foundation on which it can grow a robust environment of high-tech, innovative start-ups, but needs a stronger angel and venture capital…
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