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UMHS, MidMichigan Health announce plans to affiliate as clinical and business partners

MidMichigan Health and the University of Michigan Health System have announced plans to affiliate as clinical and business partners.

29 Aug 2012

Wellness Center USA closes PSI acquisition

Wellness Center USA, Inc., a Schaumburg IL based healthcare and nutraceutical company, reported the closing of its Psoria-Shield Inc. (PSI) acquisition. PSI is a Tampa, FL based developer and manufacturer of UltraViolet (UV) phototherapy devices for the treatment of skin diseases.

29 Aug 2012

Oxford University Press announces acquisition of American Journal of Hypertension

Oxford University Press (OUP) today announced that the esteemed American Journal of Hypertension will be joining the publisher's journal collection.

28 Aug 2012

Resverlogix enters $25 million Loan Agreement with Citibank

Resverlogix Corp. today announced that it has entered into a $25 million Loan Agreement with Citibank, N.A.. Resverlogix received the $25 million upon closing of the loan.

28 Aug 2012

Matrix Medical Network announces acquisition of Ascender

Matrix Medical Network, a national leader in prospective medical assessment services, announced today that it has acquired Ascender, a leading provider of integrated, advanced information technology to healthcare clients, in an all-cash transaction.

28 Aug 2012

Pristine Solutions acquires Eaton Scientific Systems

Pristine Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the acquisition of Eaton Scientific Systems, Ltd., a biomedical product development company focused on women's health solutions.

27 Aug 2012

Merz acquires CUVPOSA oral solution to treat children with cerebral palsy

Merz, Inc. today announced the acquisition of CUVPOSA (glycopyrrolate) oral solution for pediatric chronic severe drooling associated with neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy.

27 Aug 2012

IXYS board authorizes additional stock repurchase program

IXYS Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional stock repurchase program of up to 1,000,000 shares of its common stock, or approximately 3% of the Company's approximately 31 million shares of common stock currently outstanding.

27 Aug 2012

BD announces acquisition of Sirigen

BD, a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has acquired Sirigen Group Limited, a developer of unique polymer dyes that are used in flow cytometry and can be applied to other technologies.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 27 Aug 2012

CardioDx completes two-tranche equity financing

CardioDx, Inc., a pioneer in the field of cardiovascular genomic diagnostics, today announced the completion of a $58 million two-tranche equity financing.

27 Aug 2012

Health and defense applications account for 40% of business R&D: NSF report

Businesses in the United States are focusing a large portion of their research and development efforts on health and defense, according to a National Science Foundation (NSF) report released today.

27 Aug 2012

AIDS Healthcare Foundation acquires MOMS Pharmacy

On August 20, 2012, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced that it acquired MOMS Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy focused exclusively on providing medications and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS.

27 Aug 2012

Novira secures $23M in Series A financing to support antiviral development for HBV, HIV

Novira Therapeutics Inc. today announced it has secured $23 million in Series A financing to support the development of its capsid-targeting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV infections.

24 Aug 2012

Tornier signs definitive agreement to acquire OrthoHelix

Tornier N.V., a global medical device company focused on providing surgical solutions to orthopaedic extremity specialists, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire OrthoHelix Surgical Designs, Inc. for $135 million plus additional payments over two years, which will be based on achieving certain revenue growth milestones.

24 Aug 2012

Sapheon completes $18.5M Series B Preferred equity offering

Sapheon Inc. has completed the first closing in its $18.5 million Series B Preferred equity offering. The Company issued 4,775,291 shares worth $8.6 million to Series B purchasers and convertible notes holders.

24 Aug 2012

Mylan, Pfizer partner to develop and market generic drugs in Japan

Pfizer Inc. and Mylan Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to establish an exclusive long-term strategic collaboration to develop, manufacture, distribute and market generic drugs in Japan. The collaboration is designed to build upon each company's highly complementary strengths and quality assets.

23 Aug 2012

EMD Millipore enters definitive agreement to acquire Biochrom

EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Biochrom AG located in Berlin, Germany.

From Biochrom Ltd. 23 Aug 2012

Health Care REIT to acquire all outstanding common stock of Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Health Care REIT, Inc. will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Sunrise for $14.50 per share in an all-cash transaction.

23 Aug 2012

Aetna acquires additional stake in Medicare and Medicaid business

Aetna announced Monday plans to acquire Bethesda-based Coventry Health Care in a deal valued at $5.7 billion, part of the managed-care giant's effort to beef up its Medicare and Medicaid programs. The purchase comes as insurance companies race to position themselves for a broad expansion of health-care coverage slated to take effect in 2014, following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the comprehensive reforms supported by the Obama administration.

22 Aug 2012

Physicians' Capital Markets, PCI announce strategic initiative with EDGE-CM

Physicians' Capital Investments, LLC (PCI), a leader in medical real estate development and medical investment solutions, Physicians' Capital Markets, LLC (PCM), a leader in innovative capital formation solutions, are pleased to announce a strategic initiative with EDGE Realty Capital Markets (EDGE-CM), experts in property disposition.

22 Aug 2012