Business / Finance

RSS

MDxHealth first half 2011 commercial revenues increase 19%

MDxHealth SA, a leading molecular diagnostics company in the field of personalized medicine, announced today its 2011 half-year results.

25 Aug 2011

Allenex net sales increase 8.2% to SEK 44.9 million for January - June, 2011

Allenex AB: Net sales for the first six months were SEK 44.9 million (41.5), an increase of 8.2%.

25 Aug 2011

Baxter enters definitive agreement to acquire Baxa

Baxter International Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Baxa Corporation, a privately held company based in Englewood, Colo., with additional operations in Florida and the United Kingdom.

From Baxter International Inc. 25 Aug 2011

Nightingale revenue decreases 14% to $3.8 million for first quarter 2012

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, announces its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

25 Aug 2011

AMT total net loss decreases 7% to € 8.7 million for first half year of 2011

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics, a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today reported its results for the first half year of 2011.

25 Aug 2011

Healthways to acquire Navvis

Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and CEO of Healthways, announced that the Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Navvis & Company, a St. Louis-based firm providing strategic counsel and change management services both to enable its healthcare system clients to become future-ready clinical enterprises and to align the incentives for all stakeholders.

25 Aug 2011

CVS Caremark board approves new share repurchase program

CVS Caremark Corporation today announced that its board of directors has approved a new share repurchase program for up to $4.0 billion of the company's outstanding common stock.

24 Aug 2011

Awarepoint secures $27 million in Series F financing

Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for healthcare, announced today that it has secured $27 million in Series F financing. New investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) led the round of financing, which also included participation from new investor Top Tier Capital Partners, and existing investors Cardinal Partners, Venrock, and Jafco Ventures.

24 Aug 2011

Kewaunee Scientific first quarter sales up 5.9% to $26,321,000

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation today reported sales and earnings for its first quarter ended July 31, 2011. Sales for the quarter were $26,321,000, up 5.9% from sales of $24,858,000 in the first quarter last year. Net earnings for the quarter were $22,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, down from net earnings of $657,000, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the first quarter of the prior year.

24 Aug 2011

Synovis Life Technologies third quarter net revenue increases 19% to record $21.0 million

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., today reported its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2011.

24 Aug 2011

Par Pharmaceutical enters definitive agreement to acquire Anchen

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anchen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing extended release and niche generic products, for $410 million in cash.

24 Aug 2011

Neovasc second quarter revenues decrease 8% to $879,405

Neovasc Inc., today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

24 Aug 2011

Square 1 Bank extends $6M credit facility to oxygen therapy innovator, Inogen

Square 1 Bank, the exclusive banking partner to entrepreneurs and the venture capital community, proudly announces the extension of a $6 million credit facility to oxygen therapy innovator, Inogen, Inc.

24 Aug 2011

Call for open challenges in nanomedicine

"Nanomedicine is certainly the most promising enabling technology to achieve breakthroughs in medical technologies. It will strongly contribute to driving the future of medicine. A first step to initiate the necessary actions will be done in October in Barcelona." says Bertrand Loubaton, Director at GE Healthcare and chairman of the European Technology Platform ETPN.

24 Aug 2011

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta acquires Toshiba's Aplio MX ultrasound system

To improve clinical performance in fetal echocardiography with advanced imaging applications, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has acquired Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aplio MX ultrasound system for the Children's Sibley Heart Center fetal echo program.

24 Aug 2011

AmSurg to purchase NSC's assets for $135 million in cash

Christopher A. Holden, President and Chief Executive Officer of AmSurg Corp., today announced that AmSurg and National Surgical Care (NSC) have signed a revised definitive agreement under which AmSurg will purchase substantially all of NSC's assets for $135 million in cash.

24 Aug 2011

inVentiv Health announces launch of new European company

inVentiv Health, offering best-in-class clinical, commercial and consulting services to the healthcare industry, announced the launch of inVentiv Health Communications/Europe, a new company that brings together inVentiv's advertising, public relations, public policy, market access, medical education, marketing, branding and digital services in a unified offering serving Europe.

24 Aug 2011

Occlutech to close 15 million Euro investment

Occlutech, a leading European developer of medical implants treating structural heart disease such as PFO, ASD and LAA today announced the closing of a 15 million Euro investment into Occlutech.

24 Aug 2011

Ensign acquires Whittier Hills, Ukiah healthcare center in California

The Ensign Group, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the underlying real estate and other operating assets of Whittier Hills Healthcare Center, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility in Whittier, California and Ukiah Healthcare Center, a 57-bed skilled nursing facility in Ukiah, California.

24 Aug 2011

GNC agrees to acquire LuckyVitamin.com

GNC Holdings, Inc., a leading global specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced it has agreed to acquire LuckyVitamin.com, a leading online value-added retailer of a wide range of nationally branded nutritional supplements with a diverse selection of wellness-oriented products.

24 Aug 2011