BioHealth News Archive
Breaking 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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Loyola University Maryland and Wasabi Ventures Name First Business Accelerator Participants – Citybizlist Baltimore
Loyola University Maryland and Wasabi Ventures, a California-based venture capital firm with a presence in Baltimore, named the first three companies participating in the…
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New Enterprise Associates Grabs Four Spots on Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors – cbl – Citybizlist Washington DC
Four New Enterprise Associates (NEA) venture capitalists were named to Forbes Midas List of Tech Investors, which aims to single out the top 100…
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Bioeconomy Blueprint Embraces Public-Private Efforts, Avoids Grand Challenges
President Barack Obama’s administration rolled out its National Bioeconomy Blueprint last week, on April 26. It details measures by which Washington intends to apply…
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Pfizer Profit Declines 19% After Loss of Lipitor Patent – NYTimes.com
For years, drug companies have known that their days of plenty were numbered, that the moment would arrive when the best-selling drugs that had…
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