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New website helps small business owners to review health insurance plans

A greatly expanded website to give small business owners an unprecedented detailed review of their health insurance plan choices was announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

19 Nov 2011

Oxford closes $5M revolving line of credit with Mason Health

Oxford Finance LLC, a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies, today announced that it closed a $5 million revolving line of credit with Mason Health. Proceeds of the loan are being used to refinance existing debt and to support the operation of multiple skilled nursing facilities throughout Texas.

19 Nov 2011

Shire, Shionogi enter agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize ADHD medicines in Japan

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Shionogi & Co. Ltd. of Japan to co-develop and co-commercialize certain of Shire's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medicines in Japan.

19 Nov 2011

Cyberonics net sales increase 13% to $53.7M for second quarter 2012

Cyberonics, Inc. today announced results for the quarter ended October 28, 2011.

19 Nov 2011

Puritan Medical Products establishes new diagnostic division

Responding to a fast-growing need for specialized diagnostic collection and transport systems, Puritan Medical Products LLC has established a new diagnostic division to better serve its customers throughout the world.

19 Nov 2011

Mobile robots need to be part of a 'whole-product solution'

Aldo Zini, president of the nation's leading developer of autonomous mobile robots in healthcare, told his fellow executives that mobile robots must be part of a "whole-product solution" if they are to gain relevance and acceptance in the market place.

19 Nov 2011

Pfizer receives 2011 Business Civic Leadership Center's Corporate Citizenship Award

Pfizer Inc. today announced that it has received the 2011 Business Civic Leadership Center's Corporate Citizenship Award in the Best International Ambassador category for Pfizer's Global Health Partnerships program.

19 Nov 2011

Overlake acquires Issaquah Medical Group

Overlake Hospital Medical Center is continuing to grow its network of primary care medical clinics on the Eastside with the acquisition of Issaquah Medical Group, now named Overlake Medical Clinics Gilman.

18 Nov 2011

Tikcro reports net loss of $1.0 million for third quarter 2011

Tikcro Technologies Ltd. today reported results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

18 Nov 2011

HealthStream prices public offering of 3,250,000 shares of common stock

HealthStream, Inc., announced today that it has priced a public offering of 3,250,000 shares of its common stock, consisting of 3,100,000 shares to be sold by the Company and 150,000 shares to be sold by certain selling shareholders at a price of $16.25 per share.

18 Nov 2011

China Medical Technologies second quarter net revenues increase 18.1% to RMB238.5 million

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic company, announced its unaudited financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 ("2Q FY2011") today.

18 Nov 2011

Sirona fourth quarter revenue increases 19.6% to $218.8 million

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

18 Nov 2011

Par Pharmaceutical acquires Anchen

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Anchen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing extended release and niche generic products.

17 Nov 2011

Wisconsin Next Generation Jobs Act could provide funding to bioscience companies

The Wisconsin Next Generation Jobs Act, a bipartisan special legislative session bill submitted at the request of Governor Scott Walker, would provide investment capital and other types of funding to bioscience companies operating within the state.

17 Nov 2011

Kentucky Circuit Court rules in favor of Watson in drug pricing litigation

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that a jury in the drug pricing litigation trial in the Kentucky Circuit Court for Franklin County rendered a verdict in favor of Watson on all counts in the litigation.

17 Nov 2011

MDxHealth total revenues decrease 7% for third quarter 2011

MDxHealth SA, a leading molecular diagnostics company in the field of personalized medicine, today issued its business update for the third quarter and for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

17 Nov 2011

Cigna prices public offering of 15.2 million shares of common stock

Cigna Corporation announced today that it has priced a public offering of 15.2 million shares of its common stock at $42.75 per share.

17 Nov 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim bolsters drug discovery, development with $350M in capital investments

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has made more than $350 million worth of capital investments throughout its U.S. operations this year, in order to further bolster its drug discovery, development and manufacturing capabilities.

16 Nov 2011

Pacira prices public offering of 7,000,000 shares of common stock

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced the pricing of its public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $6.50 per share.

16 Nov 2011

Derycz Scientific first quarter total revenue increases 64% to $9.9 million

Derycz Scientific, Inc., a leader in information logistics solutions and a pioneer in facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise customers in Life Sciences and other research intensive industries, today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2012.

15 Nov 2011