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Most health insurance may be sold through exchanges within five years

Connecture, Inc., the leader in sales automation technology for the health insurance industry, today shared the results of a survey conducted on the exhibit hall floor of AHIP's Institute 2012 conference last night and this morning.

22 Jun 2012

Hospitals attract investors' attention

Such construction plans are just one example of how publicly traded U.S. hospital chains are preparing for a new era in healthcare. In many cases, operators like Community Health and Health Management Associates Inc are becoming turnaround strategists, taking over struggling nonprofit community hospitals for bargain prices and investing in new technology for the promise of a new revenue stream.

22 Jun 2012

Depomed acquires all rights to Zipsor from Xanodyne

Depomed, Inc. today announced that it has acquired all rights to Zipsor (diclofenac potassium) Liquid Filled Capsules from Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Zipsor is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) indicated for relief of mild to moderate acute pain in adults.

22 Jun 2012

Southern Implants, Keystone announce merger agreement

Keystone Dental, Inc., a leading oral healthcare company dedicated to the delivery of breakthrough implant technology, and Southern Implants, Inc., a producer of unique and innovative dental implant technologies aimed to simplify clinical challenges for implant surgeons and restorative dentists, today announced the companies have merged.

From Danaher 22 Jun 2012

Biomimedica closes Series-B financing

Biomimedica, Incorporated, a medical device start-up company focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary GRADION Total Cartilage Replacement technology, announced today that it has closed its Series-B financing, raising $11.9 million from a combination of new and existing investors, including conversion of approximately $2.8 million in bridge loans.

22 Jun 2012

ePharmaSolutions announces acquisition of Polaris BioPharma Consulting

ePharmaSolutions announces the acquisition of Polaris BioPharma Consulting, a leading global patient recruitment and retention firm headquartered in Slough, UK.

21 Jun 2012

Theorem Clinical Research introduces new look and tagline

Theorem Clinical Research, a full-service contract research organization (CRO) providing core clinical research and development services, has launched its new look and tagline, "Think Theorem."

20 Jun 2012

Radimetrics establishes new office in Scotland

Radimetrics, headquartered in Toronto has established an office in Scotland to provide a comprehensive system for monitoring and managing patient radiation exposure across imaging modalities to hospitals and imaging centers across the EU.

20 Jun 2012

HealthSouth to acquire 36-bed inpatient adult rehabilitation unit of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa

HealthSouth Corporation announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the 36-bed inpatient adult rehabilitation unit of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center.

20 Jun 2012

GenMark intends to commence underwritten public offering of common stock

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of automated, multiplex molecular diagnostic testing systems, announced today that it intends to commence an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock. All of the shares in the proposed offering are to be sold by GenMark.

20 Jun 2012

Grunenthal to commercialize Horizon Pharma's DUEXIS in Latin America

Horizon Pharma, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative medicines to target unmet therapeutic needs in arthritis, pain and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it entered into an exclusive agreement with Grunenthal for the commercialization of DUEXIS in Latin America.

19 Jun 2012

ASI completes $5.3 million Series A Preferred Stock financing

Ablative Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a privately-held company headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI with offices in Menlo Park, CA announced today that it has completed a Series A Preferred Stock financing, totaling approximately $5.3 million (including the conversion of the bridge financing completed earlier this year), to fund its unique technology platform.

19 Jun 2012

Vetter prepares new filling line for syringes at Ravensburg location

The demand for prefilled syringes is on the rise and Vetter is prepared. The company, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization is building a state-of-the-art, high-performance filling line for syringes at its Ravensburg Vetter South location.

19 Jun 2012

Global market for wound closures to grow at 4.3% CAGR to reach $15.2 billion in 2016

As the worldwide economy recovers from recession into a new period of growth there is little doubt these developments will have a positive effect on the healthcare technologies market, including the multi-billion dollar Wound Management segment.

18 Jun 2012

Key health law official leaving post for UnitedHealth VP job

Steve Larsen, director of the federal Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, is leaving his post to join UnitedHealth as an executive vice president, sparking speculation on the move.

18 Jun 2012

FDA grants Cook Pharmica first commercial manufacturing approval

In a decision that paves the way for greater pharmaceutical industry use of the company's contract manufacturing services, Cook Pharmica LLC has received its first approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture commercial product.

18 Jun 2012

MMRGlobal, Fujitsu collaborate to offer cost-effective transition to electronic medical records

MMRGlobal, Inc. and Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., the market leader in document imaging scanners, announced today a strategic alignment to assist physicians in smaller practices to efficiently digitize their medical records and comply with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act's meaningful use requirement to provide patients timely online access to their medical records by the end of 2014.

18 Jun 2012

Dehaier, Heyer enter into three-year strategic mutual cooperation agreement

Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd., an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devices and homecare medical products in China, today announced that the Company has entered into a three-year strategic mutual cooperation agreement with HEYER Medical AG, an internationally recognized, Germany-based company specializing in state-of-the-art inhalation and anesthesia equipment, oxygen concentrators, breathing therapy equipment and connecting equipment.

18 Jun 2012

Concord Medical acquires 52% equity ownership in Chang'an Hospital

Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, a leading specialty hospital management solution provider and operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, announced today that it has closed the acquisition of 52% equity ownership in Chang'an Hospital, a leading non-public general hospital located in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

18 Jun 2012

CMC Biologics' Bothell manufacturing and testing facilities receive cGMP compliance

CMC Biologics, a leading contract manufacturing organization (CMO) known for its technical excellence in process development and cGMP manufacture, has received a Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Compliance for commercial manufacturing issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

18 Jun 2012