BioHealth News Archive
Welcome to the First Edition of BioHealth Innovation News
Welcome to BioHealth Innovation News, a new Central Maryland e-newsletter focused on bringing to you the latest news and developments in the vibrant biohealth…
Read More
BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Signs Partnership Intermediary Agreement with National Institutes of Health’s Office of Technology Transfer
BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a new regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland,…
Read More
Small Business Program Reauthorized NIH Extramural Nexus
In a November blog post, I mentioned the myriad of activities that are impacting our Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology…
Read More
Obama taps former health care executive to become new CTO – Nextgov
Health and Human Services Department Chief Technology Officer Todd Park will be the next federal CTO, replacing Aneesh Chopra, the White House announced Friday.…
Read More
Gaithersburg-based OpGen secures up to $17M from investors – Capital Business Blog – The Washington Post
Gaithersburg-based OpGen has closed on a third round of venture capital that could add as much as $17 million to the company’s coffers if…
Read More
TEDCO and The Abell Foundation Form $3.3M Propel Baltimore Fund – Citybizlist Washington DC
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), in collaboration with The Abell Foundation, announced today the establishment of the $3.3 million Propel Baltimore Fund, an…
Read More
University of Maryland collaboration could boost tech community – Baltimore Business Journal
University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan A new collaboration approved Thursday between the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland,…
Read More
Montgomery County Department of Economic Development names Sally Sternbach deputy director – Washington Business Journal
Deputy Director of Montgomery County Sally SternBach Montgomery County's Department of Economic Development has tapped Sally Sternbach as deputy director. Sternbach, who was executive…
Read More
MedImmune receives US FDA approval for first four strain flu vaccine, FluMist Quadrivalent
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved MedImmune's, the global biologics arm for AstraZeneca PLC, FluMist Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal), a…
Read More
Gazette.Net: University System of Maryland regents approve College Park-Baltimore alliance
A proposal accepted Thursday by the University System of Maryland’s board of regents creates an alliance between its flagship institution in College Park and…
Read More
University of Maryland, Baltimore aims to turn ideas into business – Baltimore Business Journal
Jim Hughes and Phil Robilotto see more than 100 ideas each year from scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, potential innovations with a…
Read More
MedImmune Announces FDA Approval of First Four-strain Flu Vaccine, FluMist® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal) – PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee
MedImmune today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FluMist® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal) for prevention of influenza. The…
Read More
Rock Health: Halle Tecco Is Building A Destination For Digital Health
In a town that's typically hungry for consumer Internet startups, health companies finally have a place to go. The second class of health technology companies…
Read More
In biotech, the popular valley of death meme is really just classic supply and demand
One prominent biotechnology venture capital researcher says the concept of the early stage funding valley of death is an “artifact” and actually a reflection…
Read More
Successful State Initiatives That Encourage Bioscience Industry Growth | BIO
State governments in 2011 continued to see regional economic growth in the life sciences industry and in 2012 will increasingly focus attention on technology…
Read More