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| Cancer drug sales boost Bristol-Myers Squibb performance | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:30 PM | |
| | The biopharmaceutical company said global revenue for the third quarter were driven by sales of the cancer drug Opdivo, which tripled to $615 million from a year ago. Sales of Eliquis, a cardiovascular medicine, rose 90% from a year ago to $884... |
| Patients left in limbo as more doctors flee Puerto Rico | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:30 PM | |
| | The steady departure of pediatricians, surgeons, orthopedists, neurologists and others from the island has become a stampede as the economy shows no sign of improving and financial problems in the territorial health insurance program make it nearly... |
| CHS stock plummets nearly 50% on Q3 losses | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:15 PM | |
| | Investor confidence in Community Health Systems plummeted Thursday as losses in the third quarter previewed by the company after the close of markets Wednesday caused its stock to fall nearly 50%. |
| California hospitals turn to voters to protect Medicaid fee program | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:36 PM | |
| | California hospitals are asking voters to approve a ballot initiative that would permanently extend Medi-Cal's hospital fee program. The fees paid by hospitals generate billions in federal matching funds that subsidize healthcare services for... |
| UPMC to build second cancer center in Ireland | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 2:53 PM | |
| | UPMC health system announced Thursday it has partnered with Ireland's largest private healthcare system to build a new cancer therapy center in Cork. |
| Hurricane aside, HCA posts another solid earnings quarter | | Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:31 PM | |
| | Hurricane Matthew couldn't dampen HCA's earnings momentum. In the third quarter, the chain posted net income of $618 million, or $1.59 per share, compared with net income of $449 million, or $1.05, in the year-earlier quarter. |
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