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PENTAX Medical, Hitachi Medical Systems renew partnership in the area of endoscopic ultrasound

PENTAX Europe and Hitachi Medical Systems Europe have been working together for more than twenty years and today announced a renewal of their strategic partnership in UK to the benefit of their customers.

From PENTAX Medical Company 15 Apr 2014

AMETEK, Zygo enter into definitive merger agreement

AMETEK, Inc. and Zygo Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Zygo at a purchase price of $19.25 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 31% to Zygo's closing share price on April 10, 2014.

11 Apr 2014

Bio-Rad Laboratories buys GnuBIO

GnuBIO, a privately-held life sciences company that has developed a droplet-based DNA sequencing technology, today announced that it was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. With this acquisition, Bio-Rad will expand its Digital Biology Center and establish a research and development site in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

11 Apr 2014

Cognizant collaborates with HTH Worldwide to maximize mobile healthcare solutions

Cognizant today announced that it is working with HTH Worldwide, a global technology-based health services and information company, to enable its members to maximize the use of mobile technology for managing healthcare needs more effectively while traveling abroad. As part of the engagement, Cognizant is helping HTH Worldwide transform its mobile footprint through an enterprise mobile platform to support the company's rapidly growing business and further strengthen its leadership position in mobile medical assistance services.

11 Apr 2014

Nexstim joins 2014 Red Herring mark of distinction

Red Herring's Top 100 Europe celebrates the exceptional accomplishments of technology companies and their position to grow at an explosive rate. The awards winners were announced today, and Nexstim has proudly been selected in this prestigious group as a Top 100 Europe.

11 Apr 2014

PolyTherics extends ThioBridge antibody drug conjugate collaboration with MacroGenics

PolyTherics Limited, a provider of technologies and services to enable the development of better biopharmaceuticals, today announced an extension to its ThioBridge antibody drug conjugate ("ADC") collaboration with MacroGenics Inc, a US biotechnology company developing innovative medicines utilizing its next generation antibody technologies.

11 Apr 2014

Rite Aid's fourth quarter revenues increase 2.2% to $6.6 billion

Rite Aid Corporation today reported operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 1, 2014.

10 Apr 2014

Canaleaf Systems signs definitive agreement to purchase 50% of IHMML

Medican Enterprises Inc. a bio-pharmaceutical company in the emerging global medical marijuana industry is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary Canaleaf Systems Inc. has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire 50 percent of International Herbs Medical Marijuana Ltd.

10 Apr 2014

Shiseido concludes joint venture agreement to expand Indonesia operations

Shiseido has concluded a joint venture agreement with PT Sinar Mas Tunggal, a group company of the Indonesian conglomerate, Sinar Mas Group.

10 Apr 2014

CNO features in Forbes 2014 list of 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies in America

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) , the holding company for several national life and health insurers that serve middle-income working Americans and retirees, earned a place on the prestigious Forbes 2014 list of the 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies in America.

10 Apr 2014

Rite Aid announces acquisition of Houston-based RediClinic

Rite Aid Corporation announced today it has acquired Houston-based RediClinic, one of the nation's leading operators of retail clinics. RediClinic currently operates 30 clinics in the greater Houston, Austin and San Antonio areas. Through the acquisition, RediClinic will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

10 Apr 2014

Neurovive stock now trading in the US between $4.00 and $4.21

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB stock shares were registered with the OTC Reporting Facility for Foreign shares in New York City with the ticker symbol NEVPF:US on March 20, 2014.

10 Apr 2014

Gerresheimer’s revenues increase EUR 297.5M to 0.3% in first quarter 2014

Gerresheimer AG, one of the leading partners to the pharma and healthcare industry worldwide, began financial year 2014 with a solid start."I am satisfied with our performance in the first quarter of 2014.

10 Apr 2014

Covaris' European subsidiary to commence operations on May 1, 2014

Covaris, Inc., an innovator in the life science tools and the clinical diagnostic market spaces, announced today that its European subsidiary, Covaris Ltd, which is located in the United Kingdom, will commence operations on May 1, 2014.

10 Apr 2014

Osiris Therapeutics receives $15 million cash payment from Mesoblast for Prochymal

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopedic and sports medicine markets, announced that it has received the next $15 million cash payment from Mesoblast in accordance with the Purchase Agreement relating to the Prochymal business.

9 Apr 2014

Millennium Medical Devices inks another network selling agreement

Millennium HealthCare Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Millennium Medical Devices LLC, has signed yet another network selling agreement. This agreement was signed with a US based healthcare organization for the use of Millennium's medical devices in 400 of the organization's locations. This agreement includes an average monthly minimum use of 350 units per device, per location.

9 Apr 2014

bioTheranostics, Prime Health Services sign contract to expand genomic tests

bioTheranostics, Inc., the leading genomic solutions provider for cancer diagnosis, has signed a contract with Prime Health Services, Inc., a national preferred provider organization network, to cover the company's genomic tests for breast cancer patients and patients with metastatic disease.

9 Apr 2014