» GOJO Industries presented the results of a study on electronic monitoring and hand hygiene at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Conference in June. The research...
Relias buys Care2Learn to strengthen e-learning role
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2013
Two years ago, Silverchair Learning Systems, Upstairs Solutions and Care2Learn operated as three separate e-learning firms. But they are all now part of the same company, thanks to another acquisition...
PointRight teaming up with McKesson
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 01, 2012
McKesson Medical-Surgical Minnesota Supply Inc. and PointRight Inc. recently announced an agreement to bring analytics and solutions aimed at reducing readmissions to the long-term care sector.
New platform likely to help long-term care marketers
Mar 29, 2012
Salesforce.com recently launched Site.com. The new platform will give marketers in the long-term care field an easy way to update their websites, said Andrew Leigh, director of product marketing at the...
Omnicare extends PharMerica buy offer
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John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2012
Pharmacy giant Omnicare announced that it was extending to Jan. 20 its offer to purchase all outstanding shares of rival PharMerica for $15 per share. The original offer had been scheduled to expire in...
Omnicare: New rules are not likely to harm the business
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2011
The nation’s largest institutional pharmacy vendor does not expect proposed drug handling rules to adversely affect its business, even though they likely will increase drug-delivery costs.
Google forfeits $500 million for illegal drug ad practices
Oct 01, 2011
Google Inc. will pay a half billion dollars to the United States. The agreement follows a Department of Justice investigation that found Canadian pharmacies were illegally selling prescription drugs to...
Wound care firm KCI agrees to be bought for $6.3 billion
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John O'Connor
Aug 02, 2011
One of the world’s largest wound care companies is about to gain a new owner. At press time, Kinetic Concepts Inc. agreed to be acquired by a consortium put together by Apax Partners, a private equity...
Court: ‘Elegant theory’ not good enough
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John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2011
Omnicare Inc. will need more than an elegant theory if it hopes to gain an antitrust ruling against UnitedHealth Group, an appellate court in Chicago recently ruled.