UnitedHealthcare announced that it will increasingly leverage data from digital devices flowing into the UnitedHealthcare Nerve Center to help people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans more effectively manage chronic conditions. The data is being used to enhance secure, comprehensive health profiles for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan participants that are generated through the UnitedHealthcare Nerve […]
Orlando – GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) is working with Preventice Solutions to give clinician tools to follow patients with known or suspected Atrial fibrillation virtually from hospital to home. Atrial fibrillation, or AF, is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications, and, as the […]
In 1990, the world was home to 95,000 centenarians, or individuals over 100-years-old. By 2015, that number had quadrupled to nearly half a million and by 2050, experts project the population will swell to over 3.7 million globally.2 With the population composition changing so dramatically, many doctors across the world are finding ways to adjust […]
When two doctors oceans apart were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in immunotherapy – the breakthrough treatment that turns the body’s own immune system against the cancer – the world cheered. Their efforts had ushered an entirely new way of treating devastating cancer and new pharmaceutical drugs that […]
NEW YORK & SUMMIT, N.J., – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Celgene in a cash and stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $74 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Celgene shareholders will […]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) today announced they have entered into an agreement to create a premier global consumer healthcare company with robust iconic brands. The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction under which Pfizer will contribute its consumer healthcare business to GlaxoSmithKline’s existing consumer healthcare business. […]
Osaka, Japan – December 5, 2018 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) (“Takeda”) today announced the results of the shareholder votes at its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (“EGM”) regarding the recommended acquisition of Shire plc (“Shire”) (“the Acquisition”). Takeda’s proposal to delegate to the Takeda Board the decision regarding the offering terms for […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. — UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) will host its annual Investor Conference with analysts and institutional investors in New York City on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET. At the meeting, senior leaders will discuss the Company’s strategy, performance and outlook, including reviewing trends and initiatives related to its various […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — UnitedHealthcare will expand its fitness program for people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans to North Carolina and 11 additional states in 2019. The company is also enhancing the program with new features and rebranding it as Renew Active. Renew Active is a fitness program for body and mind designed to help […]
BOSTON, MA – The GE Foundation is announcing the final piece of its groundbreaking $25 million commitment to global safe surgery by supporting the expansion of Safe Surgery 2020 into Southeast Asia, with the inclusion of Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The investment is critical to accelerating access to surgical care in Southeast Asia […]
