Press Releases

A new survey commissioned by Hologic, Inc.  a global leader in women’s health, revealed a lack of awareness among U.S. women about uterine health, including uterine fibroid symptoms and treatment options. Today, in conjunction with the start of Fibroid Awareness Month, Hologic is proud to announce the launch of Hey, U!, an educational campaign focused on uterine health. Uterine fibroids are very common, affecting up to 80% of women by the age of 50.1 Even so, Hologic'

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Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of healthcare data and analytics assets that were part of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health business, previously announced in January. Under the ownership of Francisco Partners, the new standalone company will be called Merative and will be headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Merative brings together mar

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Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of healthcare data and analytics assets that were part of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health business, previously announced in January. Under the ownership of Francisco Partners, the new standalone company will be called Merative and will be headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Merative brings together mar

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Isleworth Healthcare Acquisition Corporation , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Cytovia Holdings, Inc. ("Cytovia"), a biopharmaceutical company empowering natural killer (NK) cells to fight cancer through stem cell engineering and multispecific antibodies (the "Termination Agreement") to terminate its previously announced Merger Agreement with Cytovia, which was executed in April 2022. The Termination Agreeme

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EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, will be at the 2022 AACC Clinical Lab Expo, Chicago IL, July 26-28, exhibiting its range of laboratory and point-of-care diagnostics products on Booth #3637. This includes the FDA cleared Lucica® Glycated Albumin-L test kit, manufactured by Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation and sold exclusively in the U.S. by EKF. A specific, quantitative test for glycated albumin, it is one of the most widely published methods worldwide used for the

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Vestar Capital Partners, a leading U.S. middle-market private equity firm, today announced the sale of Mercury Healthcare, the technology and data analytics company, to WebMD Health Corp, an Internet Brands company and a leader in health information services for consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "Vestar is proud to have supported the transformation of Healthgrades and Mercury over the last decade as they have

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Rain the Growth Agency, a leading independent, full-service DTC advertising agency, has announced a new women's healthcare benefit allowing employees and their partners to travel to Oregon to receive women's reproductive healthcare services if they do not have local access due to the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The benefit will cover travel and accommodations through a "no questions asked," completely confidential process. The agency launched the b

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North Carolina’s legacy of first in flight is now even richer. Three leading U.S. healthcare organizations-Novant Health, Magellan Rx Management, and Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH)-today began long-range drone deliveries in North Carolina. Powering this on-demand delivery system is Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics. Each organization is working independently with Zipline to deliver a variety of products from a distribution center in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Together they a

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Today, Dickson Commercial Group , a locally owned and operated, full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Reno, announced the formation of its new healthcare services division, DCG Medical Group. The division includes a Nevada-based, eight-person team led by Jamie Krahne, previously with Ensemble Real Estate Solutions.  "Both Ensemble and Jamie have a successful track record of development, leasing and management of real estate within our state's health

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Sanofi K.K.  and Health2Sync. have entered into a partnering agreement to support healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes mellitus through digital support programs. Health2Sync, a digital health startup, specializing in diabetes and other chronic disease management, has developed a healthcare/lifestyle app that has been used by about 290,000 users in Japan. Recently the mean HbA1c level has tended to increase among people living with diabetes mellitus.[i] Patie

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