BioHealth News Archive

Montgomery County to establish Institute for Health Computing in North Bethesda – Washington Business Journal

Montgomery County to establish Institute for Health Computing in North Bethesda – Washington Business Journal

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich signed Thursday a multiagency agreement to launch a new higher education institute in North Bethesda dedicated to artificial intelligence…

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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Names Awardees in the Innovations for Vets QuickFire Challenge: Lung Cancer & Physical Trauma | Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Johnson & Johnson Innovation Names Awardees in the Innovations for Vets QuickFire Challenge: Lung Cancer & Physical Trauma | Johnson & Johnson Innovation

November 9, 2022 — Johnson & Johnson Innovation, together with Johnson & Johnson Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, announced that AmacaThera, Hawkeye Bio,…

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AlphaFold’s new rival? Meta AI predicts shape of 600 million proteins

AlphaFold’s new rival? Meta AI predicts shape of 600 million proteins

When London-based artificial-intelligence (AI) company DeepMind unveiled predicted structures for some 220 million proteins earlier this year, the trove covered nearly every protein from…

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Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for ITI-3000, a pDNA Vaccine, in Development for the Treatment of Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for ITI-3000, a pDNA Vaccine, in Development for the Treatment of Merkel Cell Carcinoma

November 08, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of LAMP-mediated…

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Catalio Capital Management’s new $85M fund is financing biomedical founders in ‘special situations’ – Technical.ly

Catalio Capital Management’s new $85M fund is financing biomedical founders in ‘special situations’ – Technical.ly

Catalio Capital Management, an investment firm with offices in Baltimore and New York City, this week announced the close of a new fund that…

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Linshom Medical awarded $2.4M SBIR Fasttrack award from NIH (NHLBI) – World News Report – EIN Presswire

Linshom Medical awarded $2.4M SBIR Fasttrack award from NIH (NHLBI) – World News Report – EIN Presswire

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES, November 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Linshom Medical was awarded a $2.4 Million Fasttrack SBIR grant from the National Institutes of…

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NIH names Dr. Joni L. Rutter director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH names Dr. Joni L. Rutter director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., who is performing the duties of the National Institutes of Health director, has selected Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D., as…

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Lupus, coronary artery disease share genetic risk factors; data may lead to early testing

Lupus, coronary artery disease share genetic risk factors; data may lead to early testing

Researchers have identified shared genetic risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus and coronary artery disease, according to data published in Cell Reports Medicine. The…

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Good News for Small Businesses Seeking Government Funding for Research and Development: SBIR/STTR Programs Extended Through 2025 | Wilson Sonsini

Good News for Small Businesses Seeking Government Funding for Research and Development: SBIR/STTR Programs Extended Through 2025 | Wilson Sonsini

Under the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 (the Act), signed into law last month, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small…

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Innovation Lab Awarded Grant for ‘Move-D’ Elbow Brace | The Hearing Review

Innovation Lab Awarded Grant for ‘Move-D’ Elbow Brace | The Hearing Review

An Orange County-based startup, Innovation Lab, announced that it was awarded $30,000 in grant funding to help bring its “Move-D” mechanical elbow brace to…

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MedTech Color Presents: The National Institutes of Health- Exploring SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities

MedTech Color Presents: The National Institutes of Health- Exploring SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities

Join this collaborative webinar between MedTech Color and the National Institutes of Health on November 8th 2022 at 2:30 PM ET. Attendees will learn…

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Top university entrepreneurship centers, programs announced at annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University

Top university entrepreneurship centers, programs announced at annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University

HOUSTON – (Nov. 2, 2022) – The largest crowd in the history of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference gathered last week…

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BHI International soft landing company MIMETAS Elected Most Innovative Company of the Netherlands

BHI International soft landing company MIMETAS Elected Most Innovative Company of the Netherlands

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, November 02, 2022 / B3C newswire / -- MIMETAS is the winner of the Dutch Innovation Award 2022. This award recognizes the…

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J.P. Morgan Launches New Life Sciences Private Capital Team Targeting Investments in Innovative Healthcare Companies

J.P. Morgan Launches New Life Sciences Private Capital Team Targeting Investments in Innovative Healthcare Companies

Stephen Squinto, Ph.D., Gaurav Gupta, M.D. and Anya Schiess join J.P. Morgan as Managing Partners Industry luminaries to act as Strategic Advisors to support new team NEW…

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Emergent BioSolutions Presents Data from Phase 2 Study Evaluating Safety and Immunogenicity of Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate in Prior Recipients of Other Alphavirus Vaccines

Emergent BioSolutions Presents Data from Phase 2 Study Evaluating Safety and Immunogenicity of Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate in Prior Recipients of Other Alphavirus Vaccines

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced results from a Phase 2 study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity…

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