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Mazor Robotics announces purchase agreement with NSH Michigan

Mazor Robotics Ltd, the leader in innovative surgical robots and complementary products for spine surgery, announced a purchase agreement with NSH Michigan, Inc.

21 Dec 2011

Takeda enters agreement to acquire Intellikine

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Intellikine, Inc. today announced that Takeda America Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda, and Intellikine, a privately-held company focused on the discovery and development of innovative, small molecule drugs, have entered into an agreement for Takeda America Holdings to acquire Intellikine by cash.

21 Dec 2011

Osteologix declares dividend of Euro 0.06 per share

Osteologix Holdings, PLC declared a dividend of Euro 0.06 per sharepayable to shareholders of record on December 19, 2011. The payment date will be February 15, 2012.

20 Dec 2011

Atox Bio to advance AB103 Phase 2 study with $3.25M financing

Atox Bio, developer of therapeutics for diseases mediated by an excessive inflammatory response, today announced that it has raised $3.25 million in an initial closing. The investment was co-led by Esperante and a private US-based investor and will be used to advance AB103, currently in phase 2 clinical studies for the treatment of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI).

19 Dec 2011

Cohera Medical secures over $25 million in Series C financing through private investors

Cohera Medical, a leading innovator and developer of absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, announced today that it has secured over $25 million Series C financing through private investors. A total of $16.5 million was raised through existing investors and over $9 million was raised through new investors, which significantly bolstered the round.

19 Dec 2011

EMA CHMP recommends approval for BioMarin's Novato manufacturing facility expansion

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended approval for the company's manufacturing facility expansion in Novato, CA.

19 Dec 2011

Rotech Healthcare acquires three home medical entities

Rotech Healthcare Inc., one of the largest providers of home medical equipment and related products and services, announced today its acquisition of three home medical entities.

19 Dec 2011

Delaware Court upholds original ruling in favor of PharmAthene

PharmAthene, Inc. today announced that the Delaware Court of Chancery has denied SIGA Technologies' motion for reargument filed on October 4, 2011, upholding the Court's original September 22, 2011 decision awarding PharmAthene 50% of the net profits over ten years from all sales of SIGA's smallpox antiviral therapeutic, ST-246, and related products, after SIGA receives the first $40 million in net profits.

19 Dec 2011

HA fillers will see highest growth among facial injectable products in 2013 rebound

According to Millennium Research Group, the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, poor economic conditions will limit growth of the European facial injectables market in 2011 and 2012 down to 2.5 percent per year, but the market will rebound strongly in 2013 and onward, reaching a rate of nearly 12 percent by 2016, for a total market of $420 million.

19 Dec 2011

Newgen acquires novel oncology development programs from Kanion

NewGen Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the acquisition of three novel oncology development programs from Kanion USA, Inc. and Kanion Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

19 Dec 2011

American Anesthesiology acquires Burlington Anesthesia Associates

American Anesthesiology, a division of MEDNAX, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Burlington Anesthesia Associates, a physician group practice that provides anesthesia services in Mt. Holly, NJ.

19 Dec 2011

Zimmer board approves quarterly cash dividend and new share repurchase program

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend to stockholders for the first quarter of 2012.

19 Dec 2011

Patheon fourth quarter revenues increase to $181.6 million

Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, announced today full year and fourth quarter results.

19 Dec 2011

DDC acquires Orchid Cellmark's government paternity business

DDC (DNA Diagnostics Center), one of the largest DNA testing companies in the world, announced today the acquisition of Orchid Cellmark, Inc.'s government paternity business.

19 Dec 2011

Pfizer enters Prevenar 13 supply agreement to protect children from pneumococcal disease

Pfizer Inc. today announced it has entered into a second supply agreement which will broaden and extend the duration of the Company's commitment to help protect millions of infants and young children in the developing world from pneumococcal disease - the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death in young children.

17 Dec 2011

Angeion fourth quarter revenues increase 22% to $8.4 million

Angeion Corporation today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2011.

16 Dec 2011

Ensign declares quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share

The Ensign Group, Inc., the parent company of the Ensign group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of Ensign common stock, payable on or before January 31, 2012 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2011.

16 Dec 2011

FUJIFILM to acquire SonoSite

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, a diversified technology company that operates in healthcare, highly functional materials, and document solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with SonoSite, Inc., a pioneer and leader in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound technology, pursuant to which Fujifilm will acquire SonoSite for approximately $995 million.

15 Dec 2011

Sartorius acquires liquid handling business from Biohit Oyj

Yesterday Sartorius, a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, successfully completed its acquisition of the liquid handling business of the Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit Oyj.

From Sartorius 15 Dec 2011