BioHealth News Archive

Baltimore tech entrepreneurs may soon call new accelerator home – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore tech entrepreneurs may soon call new accelerator home – Baltimore Business Journal

Greg Cangialosi’s new business accelerator will soon be looking for Baltimore’s next crop of startup tech firms. Cangialosi, who sold Baltimore’s Blue Sky Factory …

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Johns Hopkins Remains Top University Recipient of Federal Research Dollars

Johns Hopkins Remains Top University Recipient of Federal Research Dollars

In 2008, federal agencies obligated $28.4 billion to 1,316 academic institutions for science and engineering activities, according to data from the National Science Foundation.…

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InvestMD_Venture

InvestMD_Venture

The InvestMaryland program will be investing approximately $47-55M into several venture capital firms by mid-2012.  The Maryland Venture Fund Authority (MVFA) will be hiring…

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University of Maryland BioPark Welcomes Ablitech, Inc. as the Newest Commercial Tenant

University of Maryland BioPark Welcomes Ablitech, Inc. as the Newest Commercial Tenant

The University of Maryland BioPark announced today that Ablitech, Inc., a biotechnology company developing polymer-based delivery systems for gene silencing, has signed a lease…

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Three Venable Attorneys Recognized among Top 100 Maryland Lawyers

The January 2012 issue of Baltimore magazine recognized three Venable partners as being among the top attorneys in the state.  Venable partners Mike Baader,…

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Editorial: Upping the ante for tech transfer

Editorial: Upping the ante for tech transfer

The issue is called technology transfer, and it has not been one of Maryland’s strengths. For all of the state’s success in attracting research…

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QIAGEN – Strong growth in all areas of business | Stock Market News

QIAGEN – Strong growth in all areas of business | Stock Market News

QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN) has announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and full-year 2011, making significant progress on strategic initiatives to drive…

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New Enterprise Associates launches The Experiment Fund – Baltimore Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates launches The Experiment Fund – Baltimore Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates    wants to help student entrepreneurs finance their ideas with The Experiment Fund, a new seed stage investment fund focused on…

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Tech Council of Maryland names interim CEO – Washington Business Journal

Tech Council of Maryland names interim CEO – Washington Business Journal

The Tech Council of Maryland    has named Art Jacoby, a Catonsville, Md.-based small business consultant, as its interim CEO. Jacoby, who is also…

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O’Malley seeks to boost technoology transfer

O’Malley seeks to boost technoology transfer

Gov. Martin O‟Malley will call for more than $6 million to spin research conducted at university labs    into new companies, aides…

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Gazette.Net: As rivals loom, state hopes to expand biotech presence

Gazette.Net: As rivals loom, state hopes to expand biotech presence

A decade ago, Maryland's chief competition in the bioscience industry came from the coasts: New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts on the East and…

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Qiagen’s Peer Schatz: five steps towards solving the global health crisis | Forum:Blog | The World Economic Forum

Qiagen’s Peer Schatz: five steps towards solving the global health crisis | Forum:Blog | The World Economic Forum

Healthcare is caught in a slow-motion collision between two 21st Century realities. The world’s growing and aging population creates ever-greater needs for treatment. At…

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Montgomery County panel OKs $250K boost to bio initiative

Montgomery County panel OKs $250K boost to bio initiative

A Montgomery County Council committee recommended on Monday to contribute $250,000 this fiscal year to a public-private partnership — BioHealth Innovation — that is…

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Don’t rely on Maryland’s biotech industry to grow itself – Baltimore Business Journal

Don’t rely on Maryland’s biotech industry to grow itself – Baltimore Business Journal

The arduous task of converting laboratory research into a promising startup biotechnology company has many laborers. And a fledgling group out of Montgomery County…

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Montgomery County’s BioHealth Innovation to stretch into Baltimore – Washington Business Journal

Montgomery County’s BioHealth Innovation to stretch into Baltimore – Washington Business Journal

A Montgomery County nonprofit is planning to extend to Baltimore its mission of translating laboratory research into startup companies. Where it differs from previous…

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