Maryland News

November 18, 2011

Exalenz Bioscience, Inc., a provider of breath testing equipment for the diagnosis
and management of digestive system and liver conditions, today announced the installation of its
BreathID® System for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) detection at the Johns Hopkins Health Care &
Surgery Center at Green Spring Station.

August 9, 2011

The next Call for Proposals has been issued by the BIRD Foundation. Relevant R&D topics include but not limited to: Life Sciences, Cleantech, Communications, Electronics, Software, HLS, etc.

The BIRD Foundation announced its next funding cycle with a call for US-Israel joint project proposals focusing on innovative R&D collaborations between US and Israeli companies.

June 17, 2011

By Baltimore Business Journal

A critical life line for budding Maryland businesses is on its way. It has been just more than a year since Gov. Martin O’Malley first began pitching InvestMaryland, a proposal that aims to support young, capital-starved technology companies.

March 16, 2011

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures and the BIRD Foundation have established “BIRD Energy:” a program for U.S. - Israel joint renewable energy developments. “BIRD Energy” follows the same rules and procedures as BIRD.

March 1, 2011

Maryland venture capital investments totaled $357 million in 2010, a 21% increase over 2009, in an analysis of venture capital totals by the State Science and Technology Institute. Maryland's venture dollars per capita ($63) is higher than 43 other states. U.S. venture capital investments totaled $21.8 billion in 2010, an increase of 19.4% over 2009, and the first increase since 2007 according to the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers Moneytree Survey.

January 25, 2011

Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland again grabbed the No. 2 spot on the Milken Institute’s State Technology and Science Index.
The index from the California think-tank aims to capture a state’s research and development capabilities and human capital capacity.

January 10, 2011

By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun
For the third year in a row, Maryland's public schools have been ranked No.