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Developed Markets Access Advanced Healthcare While Emerging Markets Ahead in Connectivity
Three-quarters (76%) of healthcare professionals in developed markets agree their patients have access to the treatments required for current and future medical conditions, as compared to 58% of those in emerging markets. But emerging markets like South Africa and the United Arab Emirates seem to be ahead in the adoption of connected devices, and more healthcare professionals in emerging economies expect connected devices to be used for health management in the future. More...04 Jul 2016
Acquisition of HeartWare International to Expand Medtronic Cardiac Portfolio
Medtronic plc (Dublin, Ireland) will acquire HeartWare International, Inc. (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. The acquisition of HeartWare, which provides less-invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies for the treatment of advanced heart failure, will expand Medtronic's portfolio of diagnostic tools, therapies and services for patients suffering from heart failure. More...04 Jul 2016
Shimmer and Wyss Institute Partner to Advance Remote Patient Monitoring
Shimmer Sensing (Dublin, Ireland), a leader in medical-grade wearable wireless sensors, has entered into a partnership with Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (Boston, MA, USA) in support of ongoing research focused on remote patient monitoring with wireless sensor technology. More...20 Jun 2016
Zimmer Biomet Buys LDR to Expand Spine Portfolio
Zimmer Biomet (Warsaw, IN, USA), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of LDR (Austin, TX, USA), at a transaction value of approximately USD one billion. More...20 Jun 2016
AMN Healthcare Buys Peak Health Solutions
AMN Healthcare (San Diego, CA, USA), a healthcare workforce solutions and staffing service provider, has acquired Peak Health Solutions (Franklin, TN, USA), a national health information management services company that provides remote medical coding and consulting solutions to hospitals and physician medical groups across the U.S. More...20 Jun 2016
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