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Kronos announces additional details regarding pending acquisition of API Healthcare at HIMSS conference

Kronos Incorporated today announced additional details regarding its pending acquisition of API Healthcare Corporation to organizations attending the HIMSS conference being held this week. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

22 Feb 2011

Urgent Cares of America acquires Urgent Care Express

Urgent Cares of America Holdings, LLC (UCA) today announced the acquisition of Tri-City Express Care, PLLC (d.b.a. Urgent Care Express) (UCE) based in Gilbert, Arizona with five urgent care locations in the Phoenix area. The acquisition represents the first step in UCA’s strategy to build a national group of urgent care clinics that are driven by clinical and operational best practices.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare completes Orbotech Medical acquisition

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Orbotech Medical Solutions Ltd. (OMS), a subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd. (Orbotech), and a manufacturer of cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors used in GE Healthcare's innovative Alcyone nuclear medicine technology.

21 Feb 2011

Best Medical Belgium to purchase Nordion's Belgian operations

Nordion Inc., a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, today announced it has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with Best Medical Belgium (Best Medical) for the divestiture of the Company's Belgian operations, MDS Nordion S.A. Pursuant to the SPA, Best Medical will acquire all of Nordion's Belgian operations with the exception of the TheraSphere® business.

21 Feb 2011

TMS moves its headquarters to Primera Office Park in Lake Mary, Fla

Total Medical Solutions has moved its headquarters into a 10,000-square-foot space in the Primera Office Park in Lake Mary, Fla.

21 Feb 2011

Sheffield Bio-Science forms strategic alliance with Wockhardt to strengthen cell culture media portfolio

Sheffield Bio-Science, a Kerry Group Business, has formed a strategic global sales, marketing and development alliance with Wockhardt Ltd. Under this partnership, Sheffield Bio-Science will be the Exclusive Global Sales and Distribution Partner for recombinant insulin manufactured by global Indian biotech Wockhardt. According to estimates, the potential in cell culture markets is around US$ 50 million.

21 Feb 2011

Elsevier acquires Shanghai Datong Medical Information Technology

Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Shanghai Datong Medical Information Technology Co., Ltd., a leading drug decision support provider in China.

21 Feb 2011

Meda signs agreement to acquire Antula

Meda has signed an agreement to acquire Antula with well-known brands such as SB12, Anti, Zyx, Becur, Ac3, Lactal Balans, Eeze, Nalox, and Inside.

21 Feb 2011

dbMotion announces contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations

dbMotion, an innovative provider of connected healthcare solutions, announced contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations including Orlando Health; University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio; Sharp Healthcare and Huntington Memorial Hospital in 2010, underscoring the company's accelerated growth among providers seeking to achieve genuinely connected healthcare.

21 Feb 2011

CompanDX, CRL enter multi-year agreement to develop biomarker panels

CompanDX Ltd., bioinformatics partner for the life sciences industry, and Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. (CRL), provider of laboratory testing services in molecular diagnostics and clinical trials, today announced they entered into a multi-year agreement to collaborate in the development and support of biomarker panels and companion diagnostic development for pharmaceutical, biotech and academic clients worldwide.

19 Feb 2011

Kaiser Permanente earns J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion distinction

Kaiser Permanente's National Pharmacy Programs and Services was recognized at the J.D. Power and Associates Customer Service Roundtable in Las Vegas as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion — one of only 40 companies to have earned the distinction this year.

19 Feb 2011

Desert Physicians Association and Integra Physicians Network enter new marketing agreement

SilverTree Health, the premier provider of physician billing and practice management resources, is pleased to announce a new marketing agreement between Desert Physicians Association (DPA) and its affiliate, Integra Physicians Network (IPN). This new partnership leverages the strengths of both organizations: SilverTree's high-tech nature and profitability and DPA's membership base.

19 Feb 2011

Matrixx and H.I.G. announce expiration of subsequent offering period

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. and H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, today announced that the subsequent offering period of the tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Matrixx by Wonder Holdings, Inc. ("Wonder") and Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp., both affiliates of H.I.G. formed for the purpose of acquiring Matrixx, for $8.75 per share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, February 17, 2011.

19 Feb 2011

WTW announces fourth quarter earnings per share of $2.75 for 2011

Yesterday, Weight Watchers announced fourth quarter earnings that were 14% higher than expectations with earnings of $.64 compared to the consensus of $.56.

19 Feb 2011

MOCON declares quarterly cash dividend

MOCON, Inc. announced today that on February 17, 2011, its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of ten cents ($0.10) per share, payable on May 20, 2011, to shareholders of record on May 6, 2011. This is a five percent increase over the previous rate of nine and one-half cents per share.

19 Feb 2011

AAOS partners with Gateway EDI for claims processing and revenue management services

Today, at its Annual Meeting, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) announced a partnership with Gateway EDI to provide claims processing and revenue management services to its membership. The AAOS Revenue Management Program powered by Gateway EDI will help AAOS members submit their claims faster and more accurately to increase revenue and cash flow.

19 Feb 2011

Healthcare Realty Trust files shelf registration statement with Securities and Exchange Commission

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, announced today that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a routine renewal of its existing shelf registration statement that was to expire on May 13, 2011.

19 Feb 2011

Fast Company ranks NovaBay 7th in biotech industry in 2011 annual list of world's most innovative companies

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class, anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, has been ranked seventh in the biotech industry in Fast Company's annual list of the world's most innovative companies in 2011.

19 Feb 2011

Kaiser Permanente receives No. 1 customer loyalty ranking in health insurance sector

Kaiser Permanente received the highest customer loyalty ranking in the health insurance sector, based on the Satmetrix 2011 Net Promoter® industry rankings. A new addition to this year's benchmarks, Kaiser Permanente received a Net Promoter Score, or NPS® of 28 percent, more than 30 points higher than the industry average of negative 5 percent.

19 Feb 2011

Span-America declares quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share

Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share. The dividend is payable March 9, 2011, to shareholders of record on February 28, 2011.

19 Feb 2011