BioHealth News Archive
Maryland moves forward with plan to boost tech transfer – Baltimore Business Journal
An initiative aimed at helping Maryland research universities better commercialize technology developments received initial approval by both houses of the General Assembly. The Maryland…
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Student Groups From Johns Hopkins U. to Compete in 2012 Rice Business Plan Competition – Citybizlist Baltimore
Three student groups from Johns Hopkins University are among the 42 teams hailing from some of the world's top universities who will vie for…
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Montgomery County mulls 35% boost for economic development – Washington Business Journal
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 would give a 35 percent funding increase to the county's Department of Economic…
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New Enterprise Associates to raise $2.3 billion VC fund – Washington Business Journal
Venture giant New Enterprise Associates filed paperwork Monday morning signaling plans to raise a 14th fund of as much as $2.3 billion. The Securities…
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Crowdfunding in the Medical Field – Daily Crowdsource
Crowdsourcing and the world of medicine are already proving strong bedfellows with pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca, who are using open innovation to…
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When is the April 5 NIH SBIR/STTR Deadline? | BBC’s Blog
That’s not quite a trick question. If you have been preparing a National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR/STTR grant submission, you are obviously aware…
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BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Names Todd Chappell Its First Entrepreneur-in-Residence at National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer
Chappell will help start-ups based on innovative discoveries from NIH and FDA research programs Todd ChappellROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, March 26, 2012 – BioHealth Innovation, Inc.…
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Biotech: The High Stakes Table of Entrepreneurship – Forbes
Science and entrepreneurship are both acts of experimentation. Both involve taking risks to reach a positive end, changing course when needed, and attempting the…
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Growing popularity of virtual biotechs promises boon to outsourcers – FierceCRO
The recent news that tiny FerroKin BioSciences earned a big buyout deal with Shire ($SHPGY) has helped spotlight the growing popularity of the virtual biotech model. And…
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Pharma Execs Admit: ‘Our Model Is Broken’ // Pharmalot
As if we didn’t already know this, yes? Still, a new survey finds that 68 percent of pharma execs agree that Humpty Dumpty has…
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County, Business Execs, Tout Biotech Tax Credit – Gaithersburg, MD Patch
A county and state tax credit program leveraged nearly $6 million in investments last year in 10 biotechnology companies in Gaithersburg, Potomac and Rockville,…
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GSK, J&J back Index’s new $200M fund for early-stage deals – FierceBiotech
GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up with Index Ventures to launch a $200 million fund devoted exclusively to backing early-stage biotechs. And…
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Springboard 2012: A Forum Program for Women-Led Companies.
In an age of information overload where getting in front of the right investors and potential strategic partners is harder than ever, where do…
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Fung Says Harvard, Boston Overlooked for Startups – YouTube
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Fung, a partner at New Enterprise Associates Inc., talks about the venture capital firm's New Experiment Fund, a seed-stage…
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Johns Hopkins University Launches JHU Research Accelerator
JHU Research Accelerator is a platform that facilitates an easy and secure collaboration and sharing of resources across the JHU scientific community as well…
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