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Exclusive: WellCare, Centene make offers for Aetna assets – sources
By Carl O'Donnell and Caroline Humer (Reuters) – WellCare Health Plans Inc and Centene Corp have made competing offers for the Medicare Advantage insurance plans that Aetna Inc looks to shed in seeking clearance for its acquisition of Humana Inc , people familiar with the matter said. The potential divestiture is a central pillar of…
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Sanders’ TPP stance shot down by Democrats’ platform committee
By Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trade deal fight led by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday failed to fully materialize as rival and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton announced a compromise to expand mandatory healthcare funding over the next decade. At a meeting of the Democratic Party draft platform committee in Orlando,…
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Study: Football concussions and resuming play vary by age
CHICAGO (AP) — Younger football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college, according to a new study.
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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $55 million in talc-powder trial
Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a U.S. jury on Monday to pay $55 million to a woman who said that using the company’s talc-powder products for feminine hygiene caused her to develop ovarian cancer. The verdict, which J&J plans to appeal, was the second straight trial loss for the company, which is facing about…
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Canadian vitamin maker Jamieson up for sale by CCMP: sources
By Lauren Hirsch, Denny Thomas and John Tilak NEW YORK/HONG KONG/TORONTO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors is trying to sell Jamieson Laboratories about two years after buying the Canadian vitamin maker, according to three sources familiar with the situation. CCMP, which has hired investment banks Houlihan Lokey and Nomura to facilitate…
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Tenet sees competitors picking up UnitedHealth exchange business
Tenet Healthcare Corp , the third-largest U.S. for-profit hospital operator, expects other insurers to step in and absorb UnitedHealth Group Inc's share of the exchange market when the largest U.S. health insurance provider exits that business, company executives said on Monday. UnitedHealth, one of the biggest sellers of plans on the exchanges, last month said…
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Virgin America receives takeover offers: source
Asian airlines have also expressed interest in buying Virgin America, although they would have to partner with a U.S. bidder under foreign ownership rules governing U.S. airlines. JetBlue, Alaska Air and Burlingame, California-based Virgin America declined to comment. In the past year, Virgin America has faced steep declines in unit revenue, or sales relative to…