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How a local company narrowly avoided 125 layoffs
South Side-based healthcare technology company Helomics Corp. faced certain demise when a federal government body threatened to change reimbursement procedures. As many as 125 jobs were at risk. Then...
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Zocdoc checks in with a new look
SoHo-based Zocdoc is an old company by startup standards. Now eight years old, it's continuing to grow, not only by seeking new investors, but with a new look. "Zocdoc got a face lift," according to...
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Health care company names new CEO
Emergency Mobile Health Care (EMHC) has named Martin Willoughby Jr. as its new CEO. EMHC was started in 1997 by Michael and Bette Arndt, who began the search for a new CEO in 2015. The Arndts will...
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Wake Forest Baptist opens $16.5 million neurosciences ICU
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has unveiled its $16.5 million neurosciences intensive care unit that was designed based in large part on input from patients and their families. The...
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Former GSK team to run 'specialized medicine' team for Parexel
A group of scientists that moved from GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) to Parexel International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL) serve as the foundation for expanding the Parexel’s drug development services in...
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Baltimore launches online training program for overdose-reversing drug
Baltimore health officials on Wednesday launched an online training program to teach residents how to use naloxone, the drug used to reverse heroin and opioid overdoses. The online training platform is...
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Cincinnati health care giant rebrands
Episcopal Retirement Homes, which operates some of the largest retirement communities and nursing homes in Greater Cincinnati, has changed its name as part of a rebranding strategy. The Fairfax-based...
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Triangle hospitals off to a strong financial start this year
Through the first half of the fiscal year, Triangle-area hospitals seem in good financial health. UNC Health Care reported an operating income of $48 million in the first five fiscal months, and Duke...
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Ousted UA professor finds joint for medical marijuana study
Despite losing her job as a professor at University of Arizona, Dr. Sue Sisley is not giving up on her quest to conduct clinical trials to see how medical marijuana might help U.S. military veterans...
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Seattle biotech paves the way for Alzheimer's drug trials, pharma licensing deal
Fresh off a $10 million funding round, M3 Biotechnology is preparing for clinical trials for its Alzheimer’s drug. The Seattle company plans to begin conducting human safety trials for the treatment by...
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Mafia moll and Staten Island bar owner 'Big Ang' dies at 55
Reality TV star and Staten Island entrepreneur Angela "Big Ang" Raiola died early Thursday after a bout with cancer. The announcement was confirmed on Twitter through a message posted "on behalf of the...
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Reinventing Our City: It's time to invest in Albuquerque and take some risks,...
One of the "myths" of economic development in Albuquerque, according to a panel of experts, is that others will invest in the city even if it doesn’t invest in itself. That was one of the big takeaways...
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MedStar moving headquarters to new Crescent development in downtown Columbia
MedStar Health has been named as the first tenant of Howard Hughes Corp.’s mixed-use Crescent project currently under development in Columbia. MedStar will move from its current headquarters in...
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Troubled Zenefits names 'new' executive team, with many familiar faces
Meet the new boss — same as the old boss? David Sacks, the newly appointed CEO at troubled unicorn Zenefits, announced what he called "the new Zenefits executive team" early Thursday, but all of the 14...
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Study says UW, OHSU do poor job reporting results of medical trials
A new study found the University of Washington and Oregon Health & Science University, along with other major academic medical centers across the country, have done a poor job reporting results...
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Aratana heads to Europe for approval
Just a few weeks after Aratana Therapeutics Inc. filed an application to the Food and Drug Administration in hopes of receiving its first FDA-approved drug, the company announced Wednesday that it's...
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$10M senior housing project seeks tax credits in northwest Dayton
The city has put its support behind a $10.2 million senior housing project that has been proposed in northwest Dayton. The request for state low income housing tax credits will aid the College Hill...
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A look at the six San Antonio businesses and organizations named "Air Quality...
Six businesses and organizations are being recognized for their efforts to help improve San Antonio's air quality over the past year. Each year, the Alamo Area Council of Governments, or AACOG, issues...
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DBJ ranks top metro Denver's healthiest employers for 2016 (Slideshow)
The Denver Business Journal named the top healthiest employers for metro Denver at its award ceremony and expo today. During a luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Denver, the top 10 companies...
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HealthSpot CFO lands at fast-growing Columbus health IT firm
Aver Inc., a fast-growing health IT company creating software to "bundle" payments for medical procedures, has hired its first CFO from dissolved startup HealthSpot Inc. Michele Kothe had been CFO...
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