The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released new melatonin safety standards, which supplement manufacturers urged to follow.
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Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she was leaving WeightWatchers International, Inc.'s board has made the company's shares tumbling.
Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of US health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG), was possibly breached by hackers backed by a government, according to a filing with government regulators.
South Korea has ordered thousands of protesting physicians to return to work immediately.
Goldman Sachs has identified two healthcare stocks with the potential for substantial gains, reaching up to 130%.
Quadria Capital, a healthcare focused private equity firm, is in the process of closing out deals in four companies in Southeast Asia. Its investments are mostly on pharmaceutical and healthcare corporations.
Among the notable gainers in Wednesday’s early exchange are pharmaceutical stocks as Donald Trump’s victory alleviated the worries that a Clinton presidency would be in command on drug prices in the largest market for prescription drugs in the world.
Just like the past week, the shares of Healthcare companies outperform other sector by 2.2% as of midday Monday.
Scanning over the sectors performing the best as of midday Friday, with an edge of 1.7%, the shares of Healthcare companies outperform other sectors.
The growing demand for Consumer Products, Healthcare sectors to lead for Tuesday.
With all the news focusing on the 2016 US Presidential Elections, a more alarming story is yet to unfold – the suicide rate among veterans already reached to a shocking 22 veterans per day every day.
New York-based hedge fund Visium Asset Management is facing probe by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Justice Department over its trading and valuation issues. Visium's exposure to healthcare sector is under scanner.
A startup offering online eye tests received a $6 million funding in a Series A round to help expand the coverage of its service as well as acquiring more advanced technologies. The company claims that their services are clinically proven and accurate, in addition to being more convenient and affordable.
MindMaze has secured a total of $100 million funds from an early round led by India’s Hinduja Group. MindMaze, which until now is focusing on developing virtual reality interfaces in the healthcare sector aims to form future contracts and service centers, as well as expanding the technology for other uses in the form of gaming, educational and fitness applications.
Abbott said that it has signed a definitive deal to acquire Alere for a net value of $5.8 billion in cash. Abbott expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share upon completion.
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