PAI Pharma has acquired Nivagen Pharmaceuticals in a move it said was aimed at expanding the domestic supply of sterile injectable drugs. Nivagen operates a recently built aseptic manufacturing facility in Sacramento, Calif., that produces IV bags, vials, prefilled syringes and cartridges. The acquisition brings more than 20 ready-to-use injectable products into PAI’s pipeline, complementing […]
Continue ReadingAcross industries, most U.S. organizations are not planning to increase hiring in 2026. What is the outlook among hospitals and health systems? Only 1 in 3 CEOs surveyed by the Yale School of Management in December said they planned to grow the size of their teams in 2026. The remaining 66% said they planned either […]
Continue ReadingRadNet has expanded into Southwest Florida through the acquisition of Radiology Regional, adding 13 outpatient imaging centers across Naples, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte and Sarasota. The centers, previously part of LucidHealth, will support health systems and care teams in the region with diagnostic services including MRI, CT, PET/CT, mammography and ultrasound, according to […]
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SANDY, Utah — Just outside Salt Lake City sits an old, two-story, brick hotel. It’s been given new life as a homeless shelter for seniors. The Medically Vulnerable People shelter — or MVP shelter, as it’s known — is for people 62 and older or for younger adults with chronic health issues. Residents share rooms […]
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NEW ORLEANS — Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street. “Many of my patients are messy, the ones that don’t know if they want to stop using drugs or […]
Continue ReadingEl gobierno federal ha reducido drásticamente la cantidad de vacunas infantiles recomendadas, dejando fuera seis inmunizaciones de rutina que han protegido a millones de personas de enfermedades graves, discapacidades a largo plazo y muertes. Solo tres de las seis vacunas que los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas […]
Continue ReadingThe federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term disability, and death. Just three of the six immunizations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will no longer routinely recommend — against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and […]
Continue ReadingLarge language models frequently misrepresent verbal risk terms used in medicine, potentially amplifying patient misunderstandings and diverging from established clinical definitions, according to a study spearheaded by researchers from Vanderbilt Health in Nashville, Tenn. The findings, published Dec. 17 in JAMA Network Open, stem from an evaluation of four commercial large language models using 800 […]
Continue ReadingW.L. Gore & Associates has received FDA approval for the Gore Viabahn Fortegra Venous Stent — the first device indicated to treat deep venous disease in the inferior vena cava, as well as the iliac and iliofemoral veins. Formerly known as the Gore Viafort Vascular Stent, the device is designed for conformability and resistance to […]
Continue ReadingMethodist Fremont Health in Nebraska has named Michele Williams, MD, to serve as chief medical officer. Dr. Williams is an emergency medicine physician and has worked in several leadership roles at the hospital over the past five years, including as emergency medicine director, according to a Jan. 1 news release. Methodist Fremont Health is a […]
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