Port of Vancouver cancels plans for biotech hub as anchor tenant backs out
The Port of Vancouver is abandoning its plans to transform the former Red Lion Hotel into a laboratory building after a Portland biotech company backed out, Oregon Public Radio reported. Port...
View ArticleCommunity Health Systems names new COO
Tim Hingtgen will be the new president and chief operating officer of Franklin-based Community Health Systems, following longtime executive David Miller's retirement at the end of the year. Hingtgen is...
View ArticleTop of the List: Women health physician groups
What are the largest women's health physician groups in Nashville? We ranked Nashville's women's health physician groups by number of local-area active staff women's health physicians. To view the top...
View ArticleCalifornia company to build Weld County pharmaceutical production facility
A California pharmaceutical company said it plans to build a production facility in Weld County. Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) said it's acquired 20 acres in Weld County in northern Colorado where it...
View ArticleOne of Cincinnati’s largest private firms sets IPO
Medpace Inc., one of the largest private firms in Greater Cincinnati, has set its initial public offering pricing and timeline. The Madisonville firm plans to sell 7 million shares of its stock at $23...
View ArticleInvestors dump Seres shares as it strains to answer for 'poop pill' fail
It remains a bona fide mystery of the microbiome drug development field: Why did the most advanced drug in this promising corner of the life sciences have such a spectacular trial failure in treating a...
View ArticleUNC researchers near breakthrough in treating peanut allergy
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine say they are nearing a breakthrough in treating peanut allergy. Results from a clinical trial of 40 peanut-allergic children found that almost 80 percent of...
View ArticleOn-demand health care concierge company raises $70M
Accolade Inc., a provider of on-demand health care concierge services for employers, health plans and health systems, raised $70 million in a private stock sale. The series E funding was led by...
View ArticleMallinckrodt acquires regenerative medicine company
Mallinckrodt is acquiring a Wisconsin-based company that is developing regenerative skin technology to treat severe burns. Mallinckrodt's acquisition of privately held Stratatech Corp. will help the...
View ArticleIBC joint venture Tandigm adds 65 Bucks County doctors
Tandigm Health has entered into a "collaborative partnership" with the physicians in the Bucks County-based Quality Health Alliance, which will add another 65 primary care doctors to Tandigm’s network....
View ArticleHow a Florida billionaire's company is helping to bring the first-ever Zika...
As locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus continue to emerge, a South Florida company is helping to develop a product that could be used globally to battle the threat. Opko Health, a Miami-based...
View ArticleScenes from a Portland hospital that's like no other (Photos)
For most of its 92-year history, one Portland hospital dispensed care around a business model that was completely unique in this area. Not only does Shriners Hospitals for Children specialize in...
View ArticleTop of the List: Health care law firms
What are the largest health care law firms in Nashville? We ranked Nashville's health care law firms by number of local-area health care attorneys. To view the top five and see which one tops the list,...
View ArticleColorado needs to raise cigarette tax, says cancer group
Colorado needs to raise its taxes on cigarettes, according to a cancer prevention group. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) said it supports a Colorado state ballot initiative...
View ArticleThe List: Dayton-Area Physician Group Practices
Our annual physician group practices list is published in today’s Dayton Business Journal. We’re ranking the list by the number of doctors at each practice and breaking ties with a secondary ranking by...
View ArticleThe List: Dayton-Area Home Health Care Agencies
This week in the Dayton Business Journal, we’re publishing the area’s top home health care agencies, ranked by revenue. Kettering’s Alternate Solutions Healthcare System Inc. ranks first with $91.82...
View ArticleSkagit Regional Health CEO steps down, Mike Liepman steps up
With long-time Skagit Regional Health CEO Gregg Davidson stepping down to take some "much needed time off," Mike Liepman, executive vice president and chief operating officer, has taken operational...
View ArticleAlbany region hospitals bet on the Olympics
Three Albany area hospital systems have started television advertising campaigns during the 2016 Olympics. St. Peter's Health Partners, Glens Falls Hospital and Saratoga Hospital bought ad time to...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds convictions of ex-WellCare executives
In a 124-page ruling, a federal appeals court Thursday upheld the convictions of four former WellCare Health Plans executives in a case that stemmed from allegations of defrauding Florida's Medicaid...
View ArticleChristiana Care, Westside Family Healthcare form unique residency partnership
Westside Family Healthcare and Christiana Care Health System have established what they are calling a “first-of-its kind” partnership in Delaware that is designed to increase access to health care...
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