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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Sanofi makes $9.3 billion bid for Medivation 11:38:13 AM Drugmaker Sanofi says it has made a $9.3 billion bid for San Francisco pharmaceutical firm Medivation, part of the firm's effort to expand its portfolio of cancer treatments. AbbVie buying cancer drugmaker StemCentrx for $5.8 billion 11:30:41 AM AbbVie Inc. on Thursday reported a boost in first-quarter profit on higher sales of the drug Humira and said it will buy cancer drug developer StemCentrx for more than $5.8 billion. Abbott to spend $19.3B to buy St. Jude Medical 8:45:00 AM Abbott Laboratories will spend $19.3 billion to buy St. Jude Medical in a cash-stock deal that aims to strengthen the medical devicemaker's share of the market for cardiovascular care. Aetna loses membership in Q1 but builds revenue 7:00:59 AM Aetna's total medical membership fell by almost a half million people since the start of the year, but the Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer was still able to build revenue. Will Medicare's physician payment overhaul drive more docs to hospitals? Wednesday, April 27, 2016 6:00 PM The CMS began to answer the many questions about how physicians will get paid under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. But some stakeholders were immediately dissatisfied with what they saw, and the 963-page rule may have raised as... Calif. Medical Association joins ACLU lawsuit against Dignity over religious directives Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:45 PM California's largest medical association is joining the fight against Dignity Health over its refusal to allow a woman to get her tubes tied during a C-section. The lawsuit is one of a number filed by the ACLU over Catholic hospitals' refusals to... The striking variation of commercial healthcare prices Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:01 PM One of the most comprehensive, independent studies of commercial healthcare prices shows that employers and insurers that provide private health coverage pay a lot more for services depending on the state where people live. Weills donate $185 million to UCSF Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:26 PM The university said it's the biggest gift in the school's history and it will fund the construction of a 270,000 square-foot, six-story neurosciences building at Mission Bay. The donation also will help support a scholars program that allows... Pfizer finalizes $784 million settlement over Medicaid rebates Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:48 AM Pfizer subsidiary Wyeth and the government have finalized a $784.6 million settlement over allegations that Wyeth hid drug discounts to avoid paying Medicaid millions of dollars in rebates. Racial health gap narrows but disparities remain significant Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:38 AM The latest annual report card on the nation's health shows there's been progress in narrowing the gap in health disparities between blacks and whites, while Hispanics continued to have better outcomes than both.

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