Published 12/12/17 on Technical.ly Baltimore The University of Maryland spinout joined Edwards Lifesciences in a deal that could be worth up to $250 million. Employees will continue work at the Camden Yards office to get the device to market. Edwards …
Published 12/7/17 in the Daily Record From left, University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh; University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret; and University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay Perman at Thursday’s event launching the Graduate Research Innovation District …
Published 12/7/17 in the Baltimore Business Journal A new innovation space from the University of Maryland, Baltimore is opening inside the historic Lion Brothers building on Hollins Street. About 6,200 square feet of the 38,000-square-foot building will be dedicated to …
Published 12/8/17 on Technical.ly Baltimore The GRID is designed to be a gathering point for students, startups and the community. UM Ventures also has a new fund for Baltimore. News of a $100M acquisition deal for UM Ventures–backed Harpoon Medical was quickly followed this week …
Published 12/7/17 in Technical.ly Baltimore Baltimore-based Harpoon Medical is developing a device to make a form of open heart surgery less invasive. After two years, Edwards Lifesciences decided to buy the company. Edwards Lifesciences officially exercised an option to acquire Harpoon …
Published 12/7/17 on the ScienceBlog University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have found a two-way link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intestinal changes. These interactions may contribute to increased infections in these patients, and may also worsen …
Published 12/6/17 in the Baltimore Sun Harpoon Medical, a Baltimore-based medical device company, has been acquired by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. for $100 million. Under the deal, Harpoon, which is developing a device for minimally invasive heart surgery, will become part …
Published 11/30/17 in the Baltimore Business Journal Despite working for two universities long considered rivals in academic and medical research, professors Michael Matunis and Alex Drohat have found they can achieve more by working together rather than competing for funding and recognition …
Published 11/28/17 on UMB News The University of Maryland’s Agriculture Law Education Initiative (ALEI) hosted its third annual conference in Annapolis on Nov. 17, as farmers, lawyers, and policymakers met to discuss the complex intersection of environmental regulation and agriculture in Maryland. …
Published on Technical.ly Baltimore on 11/27/17 The health IT startup spun out of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Its technology will now be integrated with radiology offerings from a healthtech giant. Over the long weekend, health-focused technology giant Philips announced …