healthcare corporations

Cigna CEO David Cordani speaking at CNBC's Healthy Returns conference on Wednesday. David Grogan / CNBC. Cigna in March said it planned to acquire Express Scripts in a deal that ends the days of a standalone pharmacy benefit manager, a company that negotiates drug costs. In an interview later that month, Cigna ...

Midwest healthcare companies attracted $2.5 billion in new equity investments in 2017, a 38 percent increase over 2016, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report. For the first time since the study began in 2005, healthcare software and services sector took the lead with ...

Record number of Cleveland area healthcare companies raised capital in 2017. By Chuck Soder | March 23, 2018. A record number of local healthcare companies ... In 2016, 50 local healthcare companies raised $198 million. In 2015, 34 companies (which was down from previous years) raised $201 ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 22, 2018--Midwest healthcare companies attracted $2.5 billion in new equity investments in 2017, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report. For the first time in history, the Healthcare Software and Services sector took the lead with ...

While several of the top companies listed among LinkedIn's "Top Companies 2018," including Amazon and Apple, have begun venturing into the healthcare space, only three companies already in the industry made the cut this year. The "LinkedIn Top Companies 2018" is an annual list that highlights the ...

Data is the black gold of the 21st century. This is perhaps no truer than in the healthcare industry, where data has the potential to help address some of the biggest challenges individuals face. As in just about every industry, the companies that need data the most aren't always the ones that collect it. In some ...

There's a lot to be optimistic about in the Healthcare sector as 2 analysts just weighed in on Irhythm Technologies (NASDAQ: IRTC) and Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KPTI) with bullish sentiments. Irhythm Technologies (NASDAQ: IRTC). Canaccord Genuity analyst Jason Mills maintained a Buy ...

Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Healthcare sector with new ratings on Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ACRS), Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ: WMGI) and Audentes Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BOLD). Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ACRS). Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Louise Chen ...

South Korean healthcare companies are launching an initial coin offering (ICO) one after another. Healthcare is the most innovative sector through blockchain technology. An ICO is not forbidden by law in South Korea but the government imposed a total ban on an ICO after cryptocurrency speculation had ...

Healthcare companies are starting to look a lot different, through mergers and acquisitions that pair up different parts of the business. In the past few months, CVS Health has struck a deal with Aetna, while Cigna is acquiring pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts in a $67 billion deal. Of the major healthcare companies, ...

South Korean healthcare companies are launching an initial coin offering (ICO) one after another. Healthcare is the most innovative sector through blockchain technology. An ICO is not forbidden by law in South Korea but the government imposed a total ban on an ICO after cryptocurrency speculation had ...

There's a lot to be optimistic about in the Healthcare sector as 2 analysts just weighed in on MacroGenics (NASDAQ: MGNX) and Ritter Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RTTR) with bullish sentiments. MacroGenics (NASDAQ: MGNX). MacroGenics (NASDAQ: MGNX) received a Buy rating and a $38 price target ...

Companies in the Healthcare sector have received a lot of coverage today as analysts weigh in on Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) and TrovaGene (NASDAQ: TROV). Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE). In a report released today, Mark Breidenbach from Oppenheimer maintained a Buy ...

As Robert Reiss recently said in Forbes, “the only constant in healthcare is change.” The digital landscape in healthcare is no exception. While patient needs are increasing, pressures to keep costs down have mounted. On the technology front, stories about data breaches dominate the headlines. And yet ...

According to the healthcare companies surveyed, investing in technologies for big data analytics for predicting risk and the onset of health problems (73%), Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems modernization (57%) and remote hospital-like care delivery (49%) are the most commonly reported trends ...

Early-stage healthcare companies are Ara Chackerian's business. Why? Because his twenty years in the health services industry ultimately led him down the path of investing in early-stage businesses. Chackerian's leadership capacities in the diagnostic imaging sector and teleradiology services evolved ...

BillingTree's 2018 "Healthcare Business Strategy and Technology Survey" revealed healthcare providers struggle with a lack of payment channels and are increasingly adopting payment technologies. Here are seven insights: 1. Patient inability to pay is the biggest challenge in revenue cycle and collection ...

Successfully addressing the abuse of opioid medications will require cooperation between the public and private sector. Companies like Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes and CVS Health are contributing to prevention efforts by developing treatment alternatives and supporting programs that limit the ...