Fred’s Inc. said has engaged investment bankers PJ Solomon & Company to examine the value of its ‘retail pharmacy script portfolio’ for potential buyers.
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More Good News For CVS-Aetna With AMA Quiet On Deal
The American Medical Association was quiet this week on CVS Health’s proposed acquisition of Aetna with no resolutions deliberated by the AMA’s House of Delegates that were specific to the merger.
Engineering Implantable, Laboratory-Grown Organs To Cure Disease
Physicians and scientists are developing organs and tissues for virtually every part of the human body as they attempt to engineer more than 30 different replacement tissues and organs and to develop healing cell therapies—all with the same goal—to cure, rather than just treat, disease.
Scientists Have Successfully Developed A 3-D Brain Organoid
The more than 300 scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are working to translate the science of regenerative medicine into clinical therapies. Read about their latest research.
Everything But The Squeal: Tariffs And The Pork Supply Chain
We take the occasion of new retaliatory tariffs on U.S. pork to look at the role pigs play in the supply chain for some surprising products.
A New Congressional Proposal For A Medicare Long-Term Care Insurance Benefit
Rep Frank Pallone (D-NJ) is designing a new Medicare long-term care insurance benefit. The framework, public catastrophic long-term care insurance, has the support of many experts. But how will Pallone pay for it?
Is ASCO Sending Mixed Messages On Cancer Drug Value?
Endorsing a framework that incorporates cost and value implies that all relevant stakeholders, not just oncologists and their patients, would be included in the design of framework criteria that are intended to inform decisions on which drugs to develo…
Moyez’s Chair And What We Can Learn From His Story About Improving Client And Patient Experience
Bernadette Jiwa’s new book, Story Driven, is packed full of stories. One story, that of Moyez’s chair, is particularly relevant when it comes to improving customer, client and patient service and experience.
Parenthood Transition Startup Cleo Raises $10.5 Million Series A Round
The latest funding will go toward expanding Cleo’s parent support service, which helps employees welcome home a new baby and employers welcome parents back to work.
Chinese-American Pharma Entrepreneur Joins Billionaire Ranks Via Shenzhen
Asymchem’s customers include Pfizer, Merck and Eli Lilly
