Health Care
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Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4 billion deal
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - Amgen is spending more than $26 billion to dive deeper into rare disease treatments with a deal for Deerfield-based drugmaker Horizon Therapeutics. The biotech drug deve...
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Walgreens offers free delivery of COVID medicineDec 07, 2022 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Walgreens said Thursday it will offer free delivery, in partnership with DoorDash and Uber, of Paxlovid, a COVID-19 oral antiviral therapy, directly to the d...
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Advocate Good Shepherd applies for third Magnet designation in 2023Dec 04, 2022 10:00 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital was designated as a Magnet organization in 2013 and in 2018, by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program. This prestigious designation recogn...
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Stericycle sells division for $45 millionNov 30, 2022 10:00 pm - BANNOCKBURN - Stericycle Inc., a provider of regulated medical waste management and secure information destruction solutions, Thursday said it has completed the sale of ...
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ORS system used in its first liver transplantsNov 30, 2022 10:00 pm - ITASCA - Organ Recovery Systems announced the first liver transplants using its new transporter device. The surgeries were done at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey a...
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'Am I dreaming or am I alive?' Thanksgiving has special meaning for this double transplant recipientNov 24, 2022 4:30 am - In August, as Patricio Collera was wheeled into the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a rare and complicated surgery, he told his wife, Eve...
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College of DuPage hosts area health care leadersNov 22, 2022 10:00 pm - GLEN ELLYN - College of DuPage President Brian Caputo recently greeted local health care industry leaders at his inaugural presidential community luncheon. Designed to g...
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'It's causing a lot of stress': Adderall shortage leaves some ADHD patients, parents scramblingNov 22, 2022 4:20 am - Mary Beth McCarthy knows firsthand what Adderall can do for her 6-year-old daughter. When she's on the medication, one of the most commonly used to treat attention-defic...
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Simplify Healthcare among fastest-growing companiesNov 22, 2022 12:00 am - AURORA - Simplify Healthcare said Monday it ranks 199 on the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunication...
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Remembrance in Palatine invokes MLK's call for equity in health careNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - Northwest suburban residents and leaders gathered in Palatine Saturday for the 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner, which emphasized King's call fo...