Collaboration between San Antonio’s four leading research institutions will lead to personalized...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/20 3:43A Nancy Preyor-Johnson and Heather

When San Antonio’s four largest research institutions recently decided to form a major precision therapeutics program, their vision was clear: systematically create breakthrough medical treatment. At the heart of the new initiative is a...

Form-D Friday: Private equity firm raises more than $500M

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/15 1:51A Rebecca Ayers

A New York City-based private equity group with Fort Worth ties raises more than $500 million, a biopharmaceutical company raises another round of funding for a trial and more in this week's Form-D Friday.

US regulator issues first approval for a Chinese cancer treatment

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/15 12:50A Tom Hancock and Wang Xueqiao in

US drug regulators have issued their first ever approval for a Chinese-developed innovative cancer treatment, marking a breakthrough for the country’s biotech sector.

Apple’s reach reshapes medical research

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 9:34A Natasha Singer

Apple's tools enable researchers to track huge numbers of people. But doctors do not yet know if it will significantly improve health outcomes.

Roundup of deals and dollars: Nov. 14

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 8:30A Rebecca Ayers

Cornerstone Healthcare Group acquires a Houston hospital, a Dallas-based oil firm receives an equity commitment, and more in this week's roundup of deals and dollars.

Federal prosecutors: No new trial needed for Forest Park officials

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/14 1:34A Mark Curriden

Lawyers for the Forest Park Medical Center officials convicted in February of operating a bribery and kick-back scheme have presented no evidence and made no substantive legal arguments showing that they deserve a new trial, according to federal...

Can’t pay the medical bill? Your hospital may take you to court

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/11 12:37A Sarah Kliff

From Delaware to Oregon, hospitals across the country are increasingly suing patients for unpaid bills, a step many institutions were long unwilling to take.

This CFO says her success at her old job led directly to her getting her current job

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/7 6:00A Rob Schneider

Stuckley was senior vice president and CFO at Healthcare Payment Specialists, which was successfully sold to Chicago-based Transunion. Stuckley says her work as CFO helped enable the profitable sale of the company.

Accountable care organizations results prove the future is now for value-based care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/7 4:54A Shara McClure

How do we – as an industry – improve health care? It’s an ongoing question and discussion that seems, at times, endless. Discussion points range from access to care, to cost of care, to making health care more culturally relevant so that it meets...

Four San Antonio research institutions join together for partnership in precision therapeutics

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/4 6:00P Heather Adkins

Presidents of San Antonio’s four largest research institutions announced they are providing $800,000, collectively, for a major initiative in precision therapeutics. The process of precision therapeutics ultimately leads to breakthrough...

Form-D Friday: Fort Worth-based pharmaceutical company raises $30 million

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 11/1 2:02A Rebecca Ayers

A Fort Worth-based pharmaceutical company raises $30 million, EMG continues to raise funds for Sable and more in this week's column.

New TB vaccine could save millions of lives, study suggests

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/28 10:17P Donald G. McNeil Jr.

In what may be a watershed moment in the fight against tuberculosis, the world’s most lethal infectious disease, an experimental new vaccine has protected about half the people who got it, scientists reported Tuesday in a study published in The...

Longer shifts linked to increased stroke risk

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/23 8:57A Caitlin Mullen

Putting in more time at work might benefit your career but could leave you at greater risk of a stroke. A study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke determined long working hours — classified as more than 10 hours daily at...

Drug companies head off opioid trial with $260m settlement

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/21 7:07A Hannah Kuchler in New York

Teva Pharmaceuticals and three distributors of opioid painkillers reached a settlement with two U.S. counties over their alleged role in the opioid addiction crisis on Monday, just moments before the start of what would have been a bellwether trial.

Tenet Healthcare names CEOs in Memphis, Detroit

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/21 4:48A Jason Bolton

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, the parent company of Saint Francis Hospital, announced last week that Sally Deitch will be chief executive over the Memphis market and Saint Francis’ hospitals. In addition, Deitch will oversee Tenet’s Mid-South...