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VALLEY FORGE, Pa.-- Pharmaceutical wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Thursday that it reached a deal to sell its money-losing Canadian pharmaceutical distribution business and boosted its profit guidance for the year. The sale price is estimated at between $80 million and $100 million, of which about half will be financed by AmerisourceBergen.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- Developing and industrialized countries should rein in energy subsidies that totaled $1.9 trillion in 2011 to ease budgetary pressures and free up resources for public spending in areas such as education and health care, International Monetary Fund economists said in a research paper published on Wednesday.
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*Remote monitoring not seen as cost effective in UK study. LONDON, March 22- Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called' telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense.
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*Remote monitoring not seen as cost effective in UK study. LONDON, March 22- Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called' telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense.
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In recent years, as the surgical robot's popularity has grown, so have questions and concerns about its safety, training and the aggressiveness of its marketing.
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*Exchanges scheduled to be up and running on Jan. 1, 2014. WASHINGTON, March 14- The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces cannot complete them on time, a senior official said on Thursday.
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*Exchanges scheduled to be up and running on Jan. 1, 2014. WASHINGTON, March 14- The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces cannot complete them on time, a senior official said on Thursday.
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LEUVEN, Belgium, March 6- 3 D printing has already changed the game for manufacturing specialised products such as medical devices but the real revolution will come when designers start to rethink the shapes of objects.
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Irish drugmaker Elan has sweetened the terms on offer to shareholders under its $3.25 billion disposal plan, as it aims to stave off an approach for the company from U.S. investment firm Royalty Pharma.
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A sharp and surprisingly persistent slowdown in the growth of health care costs is helping to narrow the federal deficit, leaving budget experts trying to figure out whether the trend will last.
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Pfizer's unit Zoetis plans to sell 86.1 million shares at between $22 and $25 each in an initial public offering.
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Eli Lilly will be "very challenged" by the loss of exclusivity on several blockbuster drugs, CEO John Lechleiter told CNBC on Tuesday, but added the company can manage its growth in response.
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States are setting up health insurance exchanges, reports CNBC's Bertha Coombs. Max Nisen, Business Insider, also weighs in.
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It's hard to see how lawmakers can avoid touching health insurance if they want to eliminate loopholes and curtail deductions so as to raise revenue and lower tax rates.
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DaVita could be a beneficiary among health care stocks from changes in the U.S. health care market, an analyst said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 13- Fourteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia so far have told the federal government they plan to operate healthcare exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for at least two-thirds of the country.
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NEW YORK, Nov 30- Blackstone Group LP has emerged as the frontrunner in an auction for Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc, but the companies remain far apart on price and a deal is highly uncertain, people familiar with the matter said.
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While Silicon Valley and other traditional high-tech hubs claim dominance as places for startups, demand for health care and other business services has put places like Indianapolis and Salt Lake City on the entrepreneurial map.
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The managing partner of Google's venture capital, Bill Maris, says under-investment in health sciences is short-sighted.
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The goal is to enable physicians and pharmaceutical companies to use complex genetic data to tailor treatment on an individual basis, according to Mike Pellini, CEO of Foundation Medical.