BioHealth News Archive
Biotech Can’t Sidestep Cost-Effectiveness Anymore | Xconomy
Back in the old days of biotech, the business was pretty straightforward. You’d craft your scientific idea, aim a new drug at patients in need,…
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What venture capitalists look for in personalized medicine investments
Companies like Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) aren’t healthcare companies, but one venture capitalist believes their example can guide personalized medicine. Bob…
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Gene mapping isn’t a crystal ball for future health… yet – NY Daily News
Gene scans for everyone? Not so fast. New research suggests that for the average person, decoding your own DNA may not turn out to…
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Emergent’s Fuad El-Hibri, an entrepreneur at heart
Fuad El-Hibri has started a financial consulting business. He’s started telecommunications businesses. But his most challenging venture has been the Rockville biotech he helped…
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UNH Center for Venture Research: U.S. Angel Investor Market on Solid Path of Recovery in 2011
Following a considerable contraction in investment dollars in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. angel investor market continued to recover in 2011, a trend that…
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AstraZeneca links up with Amgen for treatments development
Shares in AstraZeneca ticked up after the Anglo-Swedish drugs giant announced a tie-up with biotechnology giant Amgen to develop and commercialise five treatments. Under…
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Big Pharma Cozies Up to Biotech – DailyFinance
Pharmaceuticals have figured that out that if they can't be as innovative or nimble as biotechs, the next best option is to pay for…
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Johns Hopkins top R&D spender for 32nd straight year in 2010 – Baltimore Business Journal
Surprise, surprise — Johns Hopkins University spent more money on medical, science and engineering research than any other university in fiscal 2010. Hopkins…
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Video Interview: America’s CTO Catalyzes Health Entrepreneurship through Open Data
No matter how privatized healthcare is in America, at the end of the day it remains a social sustainability issue and a government concern.…
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Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
Dingman Center Angels The Dingman Center Angels connects regional start-up companies seeking seed and early-stage funding with angel investors. Facts About Dingman Center Angels…
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Senator Barbara Mikulski: Mikulski Stands Up For Maryland’s Health Research And Innovation Economy
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today spoke out in support…
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UMD Launches Entrepreneurship-Innovation Festival – Citybizlist Baltimore
On March 30, the University of Maryland launches its expanding lineup of competitions and activities devoted to innovation, ingenuity and ideas: 30 Days of…
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Maryland University, VC Partner on Start-Up Accelerator | Science Business
Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland and Wasabi Ventures, a venture capital company in San Mateo, California, have begun a new-business accelerator near the university’s…
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Tech Council of Maryland Release MdBio Inc
The MdBio Foundation, Inc., a private charitable organization that is an affiliate of the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM), today announced that it has…
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Greenleaf: “Strong future” for Maryland biotech MDbizMedia
Peter Greenleaf Peter Greenleaf visited the Department of Business and Economic Development recently to oversee the historic tax credit auction that raised $84 million…
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