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HCR ManorCare has reached an agreement with its landlord, Quality Care Properties, for a debt-for-equity swap as part of an imminent Chapter 11 filing.
New devices are now available for the 6 million Americans with heart failure. And they are cheaper and more effective than ever before.
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Silicon Valley's tech execs are pushing their bodies to extremes with ice baths and restrictive diets to deal with stress.
The biotech firm said it's restructuring its board to just seven members from the current 12.
The company said its fourth-quarter earnings fell due to declining revenue from its EpiPen emergency allergy injector and weak U.S. prices for generic drugs.
The average smoker wastes around 6 days a year on work smoke breaks, according to Joe Mercurio, Halo's project manager for the study.
Medtronic has signed a five-year partnership with Lehigh Valley Health Network to try to create and demonstrate value.
Sentencing guidelines likely will recommend a prison term of more than a decade for the notorious Shkreli, who wants much less than that.
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Federal sentencing guidelines likely will recommend a prison term of more than a decade for the notorious "pharma bro" Shkreli.
At-home DNA testing company 23andMe is including 120 new regions in its ancestry report.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals' forecast for 2018 revenue fell below Wall Street estimates, as the company faces intensifying competition for some of its major products.
Microsoft, Epic and Ochsner Health System in New Orleans are piloting a new machine learning tool they hope will save a lot of lives.
About 64,000 Americans died from fatal drug overdoses in 2016, most related to prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl.
Shares of AmerisourceBergen and Walgreens Boots Alliance slid after CNBC reported deal talks have cooled and a takeover looks unlikely.
The CEOs of both companies recently met to discuss a deal, amid industrywide disruption.
AmerisourceBergen must enact sweeping reforms that address its role in the opioid crisis, says Teamsters' Treasurer Ken Hall.
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