- [PRESSWIRE] SEATTLE & MINNEAPOLIS – 08 March, 2016 — Immusoft Corporation, a Seattle, Wash.-based gene therapy company, announced today it has purchased Minneapolis, Minn.-based Discovery Genomics, Inc.
- [PRESSWIRE] LOUISVILLE, Ky. – 10 March, 2016 — Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is partnering with five leading orthopedic specialty groups in Ohio to launch a value-based bundled payment care model for Humana Medicare Advantage members undergoing total hip or knee joint replacement procedures.
- [PRESSWIRE] DAVENPORT, Iowa – 25 March, 2016 — UnitedHealthcare today opened a new office in Davenport and announced the expansion of its West Des Moines headquarters. The company has added nearly 270 new positions in the two locations to serve people enrolled in its Medicaid plan, adding to the 675 UnitedHealthcare jobs recently created specifically to serve Iowa’s Medicaid program.
- [PRESSWIRE] CAMBRIDGE, England – 11 April, 2016 — Genestack, the developer of a next generation enterprise platform for genomics research and development, has partnered with the Cancer Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (CMDL), an organisation involving Cancer Research UK, the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Medical Research Council, to bring advanced genomic technologies into clinical practice.
- [PRESSWIRE] AUSTIN, Texas – 29 April, 2016 — Wenzel Spine, Inc., a pioneer medical device company focused on providing minimally invasive, expandable stand-alone alternatives to traditional spinal fusion, announced today the full commercial availability of the VariLift®-LX System throughout the U.S.
- [PRESSWIRE] BURLINGAME, Calif. – 29 April, 2016 — MD Ranger is the first national compensation survey to release 2015-2016 physician payment rates. More than 250 benchmarks are reported for call coverage, medical direction, medical staff leadership, diagnostic testing, clinical professional services, and hospital-based physician services.
- [PRESSWIRE] BOSTON – 06 May, 2016 — Akili Interactive Labs, Inc. (“Akili”), a company developing a novel, non-pharmacological technology for cognitive disorders, today announced open enrollment for its pivotal STARS-ADHD trial.
- [PRESSWIRE] PHOENIX – 10 May, 2016 — Millennials represent the largest generation in the U.S. workforce today1 and are known for placing value on team collaboration and workplace flexibility.
- [PRESSWIRE] BETHESDA, Md. – 12 May, 2016 — BrainScope Company, Inc., a privately held neurotechnology company with an initial focus on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion assessment, announced today that it received the Emerging Firm of the Year – Life Science Company Award by the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM).
- [PRESSWIRE] Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM – 17 May, 2016 — Now Healthcare Group (NHG) is delighted to announce that its flagship product Dr Now is to be rebranded as Now GP in the United Kingdom.
- [PRESSWIRE] London, United Kingdom – 09 June, 2016 — BioBeats, the leading machine learning platform that delivers insights about the real-time wellbeing and stress of employees in corporate settings and to consumers via its ‘Hear and Now’ app (currently ranked #4 in the App Store in the Mindfulness Category), today announced it has appointed a new CEO, Rob Brougham. Rob replaces current CEO and Co-Founder David Plans, who will become Chief Science Officer focusing on patents, algorithms, clinical and evidence trials.
- [PRESSWIRE] CHELMSFORD, Mass. – 10 June, 2016 — ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced that patients experience a high one-year survival rate following use of the LifeVest®Wearable Defibrillator.
- [PRESSWIRE] BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – 13 June, 2016 — MedData, Inc., a MEDNAX (NYSE: MD) company and a leading national provider of technology-enabled healthcare services, today announced the acquisition of Cardon Outreach, LLC, one of the nation’s largest providers of integrated revenue cycle management services.
- [PRESSWIRE] NORDERSTEDT, Germany – 13 June, 2016 — Ethicon, the medical devices subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is committed to leading the way in resolving the burden of obesity for both patients and healthcare systems around the world, by expanding access and demonstrating the critical value of treatment.
- [PRESSWIRE] DUBLIN – 15 June, 2016 — ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced research showing many pharmaceutical and clinical research organisations (CROs) support the use of a ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) approach in clinical studies, enabling patients to use their own mobile devices to collect patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data.
- [PRESSWIRE] KARLSRUHE, Germany – 04 July, 2016 — A new international study1 of 582 paediatric physicians published today has found almost all have prescribed or recommended a complementary and alternative medicine2 (CAM) for a child in the last year. 99% of the doctors involved in the study – Usage and attitudes towards homeopathy and natural remedies in general paediatrics: a cross-country overview – had recommended a natural remedy and 76% a homeopathic medicine.
- [PRESSWIRE] DUBLIN – 06 July, 2016 — Hibergene Diagnostics, a company focused on the application of molecular technology to infectious disease testing, has launched its HG Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Test.
- [PRESSWIRE] STOCKHOLM – 08 July, 2016 — Regulatory News: The interest in and acceptance of SciBase’s method for early detection of malignant melanoma is increasing, which is demonstrated by the fact that the 100th clinic in Germany installed SciBase’s device Nevisense in June. Sales of electrodes; an effect of the adoption of Nevisense, are steadily increasing and rose by 208 percent in Germany during 2015.
- [PRESSWIRE] BAGNEUX, France – 11 July, 2016 — Regulatory News: Genomic Vision (Paris:GV) (FR0011799907 – GV), DNA molecular combing specialist that develops tests for the diagnostics market and tools for the life sciences research market, announces the launch of EasyScan, the first digital service for analyzing DNA by molecular combing.
- [PRESSWIRE] CAESAREA, Israel – 12 July, 2016 — Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE: MZOR; NASDAQGM: MZOR), a pioneer and a leader in the field of surgical guidance systems, today unveiled Mazor X, a transformative guidance platform for spine surgeries.
- [PRESSWIRE] VIENNA – 18 July, 2016 — Regulatory News:The Vienna Hospital Association (Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund) has chosen to treat its cancer patients with advanced solutions from Elekta’s (EKTA-B.ST) radiation therapy and software portfolio.
- [PRESSWIRE] LEEDS, England – 21 July, 2016 — Tissue Regenix Group (AIM:TRX) (“Tissue Regenix” or “The Group”) the regenerative medical devices company will be featured on an upcoming episode of Innovations with Ed Begley Jr., airing via the Discovery Channel on Thursday 21 July at 7:30aET/7:30aPT.
- [PRESSWIRE] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – 01 August, 2016 — SciFluor Life Sciences, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of therapeutic drugs capitalizing on the transformational power of fluorine, today announced that the Investigational New Drug (IND) Application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now in effect for SF0166 Topical Ophthalmic Solution (SF0166).
- [PRESSWIRE] INGELHEIM, Germany – 15 August, 2016 — Boehringer Ingelheim today announces its global RE-VECTO program for Praxbind®(idarucizumab), the specific reversal agent for Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate).1,2
- [PRESSWIRE] ORLANDO, Fla. – 16 August, 2016 — PRIUM’s Senior Vice President and Mark Pew, the Rx Professor, and President Michael Gavin will participate in three sessions at the Workers’ Compensation Institute’s Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference.
- [PRESSWIRE] NEW YORK – 18 August, 2016 — TransPerfect, the world’s largest privately held provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced that company Co-CEO Phil Shawe has been named by The V Foundation for Cancer Research as a member of its Presidents Club, an honor given to individuals who generously support the Foundation’s mission of advancing cancer research with significant contributions.
- [PRESSWIRE] BOULDER, CO – August 24, 2016 – nVoq, Incorporated, a Boulder, CO-based provider of cloud-based speech recognition and workflow productivity tools, is pleased to announce general availability of its SayIt solutions platform in Canada.
- [PRESSWIRE] CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 15 September, 2016 — Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, today announced the acquisition of WoodRidge Behavioral Care by Perimeter Healthcare.
- LONDON & BOSTON – 30 September, 2016 — CANCER RESEARCH UK has today (Friday) announced its first cross-company deal as part of its Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) Combinations Alliance.
- [PRESSWIRE] DANBURY, Conn. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – 03 October, 2016 — Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:Q) today announced that it has successfully completed its merger of equals transaction between IMS Health Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:IMS) and Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc.