BioHealth News Archive
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…
Read MoreGene 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…
Read MoreEmergent’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…
Read MoreUNH 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…
Read MoreAstraZeneca 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…
Read MoreBig 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…
Read MoreJohns 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…
Read MoreVideo 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.…
Read MoreDingman 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…
Read MoreSenator 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…
Read MoreUMD 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…
Read MoreMaryland 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…
Read MoreTech 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…
Read MoreGreenleaf: “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…
Read MoreStatement of Richard A. Bendis Before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation entitled,“Fostering the U.S. Competitive Edge: Examining the Effect of Federal Policies on Competition, Innovation, and Job Growth”
Chairman Quayle and Ranking Member Edwards, thank you for the opportunity to testify before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Technology…
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