Genesis Healthcare Co. has announced the completion of a new share issue worth 1.4 billion yen for allotment to Rakuten Inc. Furthermore, Rakuten’s Chairman and CEO will join Genesis Healthcare’s Board of Directors as an External Board Director. As a result of the new stock offering, Genesis Healthcare’s capital has increased to 2.1 billion yen, one of the largest paid-in-capital …

Prollenium Medical Technologies Inc. announced its United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its cross-linked hyaluronic acid dermal filler. Ario Khoshbin, Founder and CEO, stated “This is definitely one of our proudest moments as an organization. FDA approval is a culmination of efforts from every single member of our team. As an organization, we have been working …

Two of the nation’s leading health organizations, health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and biotechnology company Amgen, have teamed up to identify opportunities to improve health outcomes and improve efficiency by unlocking new insights from the real world health care experiences of Humana’s 13 million members. In the collaboration agreement between Amgen and Humana, six projects are currently …

Vituro Health and Arkansas Urology, LUGPA member and the largest urology practice in the state, partnered to offer patients in Arkansas and surrounding states the latest, most innovative technologies in prostate cancer treatment and precision disease management. In conjunction with Vituro Health, Arkansas Urology will offer patients advanced diagnostics, navigation services, and HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) therapy. “Arkansas Urology …

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of EagleDream Health Inc., a software analytics solutions company. Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., EagleDream Health is a cloud-based analytics company that drives meaningful insight across clinical, financial and administrative data to optimize practice performance. “We’re very excited to conclude our acquisition of EagleDream Health, which represents a significant …

Cardinal Health announced that it has completed the acquisition of Medtronic’s Patient Care, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Nutritional Insufficiency business for $6.1 billion. The acquisition was funded with a combination of $4.5 billion in new senior unsecured notes, existing cash and borrowings under our existing credit arrangements. “This business provides our customers with more product offerings and includes some well-established …

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics announced that VITEK® MS, its MALDI-TOF1 Mass Spectrometry System for rapid pathogen identification, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the expanded identification of mycobacteria, Nocardia and moulds. This database includes more than 15,000 distinct strains to provide extremely high accuracy and, for …

Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved VARIBAR NECTAR (barium sulfate) oral suspension for use in modified barium swallow (MBS) examinations to evaluate the oral and pharyngeal function and morphology in adult and pediatric patients with known or suspected swallowing disorders. Trouble with swallowing is a frequent cause of morbidity and disability in all age …

TTP plc announces that they have established a non-exclusive partnership to offer services to molecular diagnostic technology developers. The new offering will include comprehensive product development services that span instrumentation, consumables and reagents. The partnership is focused on supporting customers in the molecular diagnostic and wider life science space to rapidly transition ideas into commercially successful products. The services will …

Agfa HealthCare announces that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the XERO Xtend functionalities of the Enterprise Imaging zero-footprint viewer. XERO Xtend adds 3D processing and advanced clinical applications to the XERO Viewer. It is now FDA-cleared for diagnostic viewing on desktop devices.1 The release data for 510K cleared XERO Xtend will be communicated by Agfa HealthCare’s regional sales …