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Biotech Beach

Health Plan Customer Satisfaction Challenged by New Era of Empowered Healthcare Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Customer satisfaction among commercial health plan members has improved nationwide, but health insurers are still confronting challenges when it comes to delivering on the financial and personal health expectations of their members.

May 9, 2019
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Oxygen Cosmetics Producer Faberlic Recognized Among Top Direct Sellers

Faberlic, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of patented oxygen skin care products (Aquaftem®, Novaftem® Oxygen Complex), has been recognized among the world’s 100 largest direct selling companies.

May 9, 2019
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Business

MiMedx Appoints Timothy R. Wright as Chief Executive Officer

MiMedx Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Timothy R. Wright as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 13, 2019.

May 9, 2019
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Deals

Bausch Health Announces Launch Of Private Offering Of Senior Notes

Bausch Health Companies Inc. announced that it has launched an offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2028 and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2029.

May 9, 2019
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Deals

Bausch Health Commences Cash Tender Offers For Up To $1,500,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount Of Outstanding Notes Of Certain Series

Bausch Health Companies Inc. announced that it has commenced cash tender oﬀers to purchase up to $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding notes listed in the table below.

May 9, 2019
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11 min read
Deals

Varian Acquires CyberHeart

Company Adds Technology for Cardiac Radioablation to Its Radiation Medicine Portfolio

May 9, 2019
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4 min read
Biotech Bay

Rainier Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Oral and Poster Presentation on Vofatamab at AACR Bladder Cancer Conference

Rainier Therapeutics, Inc. announced that an abstract related to its FIERCE-22 trial of the company’s lead therapeutic, vofatamab, has been accepted for an oral and poster presentation at the upcoming 2019 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Bladder Cancer;

May 9, 2019
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Genetown

Cerveau Technologies, Inc. Announces a Partnership with LuMind IDSC Foundation to Study Accumulation of Neurofibrillary Tau in Down Syndrome

Cerveau Technologies, Inc. today announced a research collaboration with the LuMind IDSC Foundation (LuMind IDSC) involving use of Cerveau’s investigational imaging agent (MK-6240) in a multicenter clinical trial aimed at assessing accumulation of misfolded tau protein in people with Down syndrome (DS)

May 9, 2019
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Deals

Liberty Mutual Insurance Reports First Quarter 2019 Results

Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. and its subsidiaries reported net income attributable to LMHC of $671 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, an increase of $23 million over the same period in 2018.

May 9, 2019
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Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc. Announces Second Reading of Cannabis Tax Reduction Ordinance by the City of Adelanto

Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc. (CSE: LDS), (OTCQX: LDSYF), (Frankfurt: LD6, WKN: A14XHT) (“LDS” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the City of Adelanto, where the Company’s state-of-the-art facilities are located, in the second and final reading voted to reduce its cannabis tax.

May 9, 2019
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