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Fidelis acquired in $3.75B deal by Centene Corp
Fidelis Care, one of the region’s largest employers, has been sold to a national health care company based in St. Louis. The Queens-based health insurance plan announced Tuesday it has signed an...
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UNM awarded $11 million for new research center
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine has received $11 million in federal funding to create a new research center, adding to the school's already well-known research environment. The...
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Centene makes $3.75 billion New York acquisition
Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed care company, will enter the New York market by acquiring substantially all of the assets of Fidelis Care in a $3.75 billion deal.
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With FDA filing, Lexington firm targets a scourge of hospitals: sepsis
Lexington-based T2 Biosystems made waves in the diagnostics industry in 2014 when the FDA approved its test for sepsis, a complication of infections that is one of the leading causes of death in the...
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Why Mars Inc. bought 800 animal hospitals
McLean, Va.-based Mars Inc., like rival Nestle USA, is so much more than candy. With that in mind, Mars on Tuesday announced its successful acquisition of VCA Inc. and its 800 small veterinary...
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Candy conglomerate Mars buys 800 animal hospitals for $9.1B, including...
Mars Inc., like rival Nestle USA, is so much more than candy. Mars on Tuesday announced its successful acquisition of VCA Inc. and its 800 small veterinary hospitals in the United States and Canada,...
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UnitedHealth in talks to snap up Chilean health care company
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is in negotiations to acquire Chilean health care company Banmédica in a deal that could be worth more than $3 billion. In a statement, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth confirmed...
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Trio of KC animal hospitals (and 797 others) sell for $9.1B
Three Kansas City-area animal hospitals are now part of a very sweet conglomerate. Mars Inc., based in McLean, Va., announced Tuesday its successful acquisition of VCA Inc. and its 800 small veterinary...
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GSK's shingles vaccine gets positive FDA recommendation
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend approval for GlaxoSmithKline's new drug candidate Shingrix, a vaccine for preventing shingles in adults age 50 and...
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Emory Healthcare buys six former Harken Health clinics
Emory Healthcare's primary care services are undergoing a big expansion. The health system on Sept. 13 announced it will open nine new clinics. Six of these locations were purchased from Harken Health,...
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Goldschmidt presents more than $186,000 to Phoenix...
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt presented a check for more than $186,000 to Phoenix Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders on Wednesday. Paul and Amy Goldschmidt...
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Presbyterian Health Plan files court response to AG's suit
Presbyterian Health Plan Inc., Presbyterian Network Inc. and Presbyterian Insurance Co. Inc. filed a court response Monday to a lawsuit by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, denying...
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Colorado credit union gives Hawaii a banking solution for medical marijuana...
Hawaii’s medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to open bank accounts after the state reached a deal with a Colorado-based credit union, according to one of the local dispensaries. Aloha Green...
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Candy conglomerate Mars buys 800 animal hospitals for $9.1B, including 15 in...
Mars Inc., like rival Nestle USA, is so much more than candy. Virginia-based Mars on Sept. 12 announced its successful acquisition of VCA Inc. and its 800 small veterinary hospitals in the United...
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In the eye of the storm: Drug developers deal with business fallout from...
Bay Area opioid developers — including Impax Laboratories Inc., Depomed Inc. and Galena Biopharma Inc. — are largely echoing a drug industry mantra: Manufacturers and distributors of opioids are not to...
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Kaiser slashes opioid prescriptions for Bay Area patients
Kaiser, based in Oakland, began to reduce opioid prescriptions and to raise clinician and patient awareness about three years ago.
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Meet our C-Suite finalists: Anne B. Sapon helped grow her company from its...
On Oct. 10 Business First will honor this year's C-Suite awards honorees at the Isleta Resort & Casino. Each categories' winner will be announced at the awards event, but between now and then we're...
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Redwood City drug device company close to releasing new pain treatment option
"We’re going to be looking to go to institutions that have a significant flow of patients (and a) significant number of procedures that require short term pain relief."
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Tickets flying out the door for the PBJ's Health Care of the Future 2017 program
One of the PBJ's signature health care events is entering its fourth year in booming shape. Tickets remain available for the Health Care of the Future program, a half-morning conference that attracts...
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Perthera: Precision meds for the masses
This McLean-based startup aims to sell services directly to consumers.
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