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Nautic Partners announces acquisition of Superior Vision

Nautic Partners LLC, a private equity firm with more than $2.5 billion of capital under management, and Superior Vision Holdings, Inc. today announced that Nautic, in partnership with the Superior Vision management team, acquired the Company.

9 Apr 2012

Medbox comments on new JOBS Act

Medbox, Inc. commented today on the new JOBS Act, recently passed by the United States House and Senate and signed by President Obama yesterday.

7 Apr 2012

MEDICREA first quarter sales increase 20% to 4.9 million euros

The MEDICREA Group, listed on Alternext by NYSE - Euronext Paris, a company specialized in the development of innovative surgical technologies for the treatment of spinal pathologies, announces its audited 2011 annual results approved by the Board meeting of March 29th 2012, as well as its sales for the 1st quarter of 2012.

7 Apr 2012

ISS recommends Illumina shareholders to vote against Roche's nominees

Roche released the following statement in response to a report issued by Institutional Shareholder Services recommending that shareholders of Illumina, Inc. vote against the election of Roche's independent director nominees to Illumina's Board of Directors.

From Illumina, Inc. 7 Apr 2012

BSD Medical second quarter total revenues decrease to $271,883

BSD Medical Corporation, a leading provider of medical systems that treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy, today reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2012.

7 Apr 2012

MEDNAX acquires Burlington Anesthesia

MEDNAX, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Burlington Anesthesia PLLC, a physician group practice that provides anesthesia services in Burlington, N.C. and Farhouch Berdjis MD Medical Corp (FBMC), a pediatric cardiology practice in Orange, Calif.

6 Apr 2012

Spectrum signs definitive agreement to acquire Allos

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Spectrum will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Allos for $1.82 per share in cash plus one Contingent Value Right.

6 Apr 2012

Care Investment Trust reports net income of $16.0M for fourth quarter 2011

Care Investment Trust Inc., a real estate investment and finance company that invests in healthcare-related real estate, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011, and announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.135 per share for the fourth quarter 2011.

6 Apr 2012

AHS announces acquisition of COMPUDATA

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions (AHS), one of the nation's leading providers of medical billing, practice management, and coding services for specialty physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers, announced today that it has acquired COMPUDATA, Inc., an Ohio-based medical billing company. This represents AHS' fifth acquisition since mid-2009, and expands the company's footprint in Ohio and Pennsylvania while strengthening the company's anesthesia practice customer base.

6 Apr 2012

Opportunity for developers and marketers of EGFR inhibitors in Brazil and Mexico

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that patient access to premium-priced targeted cancer treatments in Brazil and Mexico is improving, creating an opportunity for developers and marketers of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors.

5 Apr 2012

Covidien to acquire Oridion Systems

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Oridion Systems Ltd.

5 Apr 2012

OvaScience completes $37M Series B financing

OvaScience, a fertility company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel treatments for infertility, today announced that it has completed a $37 million Series B financing.

4 Apr 2012

BioMed closes new $400M senior unsecured term loan facility

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. announced today that the company has closed a new $400 million senior unsecured term loan facility. The new facility matures on March 30, 2017.

4 Apr 2012

Dohmen announces acquisition of BioSoteria

CEO Cynthia (Dohmen) LaConte announced today that the Dohmen Company has acquired BioSoteria, a leading provider of drug safety and risk management services to the biopharmaceutical industry.

4 Apr 2012

Bio-Path 2011 net loss increases to $2,363,344

Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., a biotechnology company developing a liposomal delivery technology for nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced operational and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011.

4 Apr 2012

Ensign subsidiary acquires Zion's Way Home Health and Hospice

The Ensign Group, Inc., announced today that an Ensign subsidiary has acquired Zion's Way Home Health and Hospice, a well-regarded home health and hospice agency based in St. George, Utah, with branch offices in the cities of Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. The acquisition was effective as of April 1, 2012.

3 Apr 2012

Meda opens China affiliate based in Beijing

Meda has established an affiliate in Hong Kong. At the end of last year, Meda opened its China affiliate based in Beijing. Meda will begin by commercializing two of its well-established products in Hong Kong; Elidel for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (eczema) and azelastine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis.

3 Apr 2012