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Kerecis Reimagines Fish-Skin for Deep Wounds with Launch of Compact
ARLINGTON, Virginia & REYKJAVIK, Iceland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kerecis launches Compact, a compressed disc fish-skin graft designed to reduce waste, improve handling, and treat deep, complex wound defects....
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Ontario patient wait times increase as government funding favours for-profit providers
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit surgical and medical imaging (MRI) services is increasing wait time and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA senior researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses data from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres—called integrated community health services centres (ICHSCs)—and two private hospitals offering...
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EyeCare Partners Announces Sale of Optometry Business
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EyeCare Partners LLC (“EyeCare Partners” or the “Company”), the nation’s leading provider of clinically integrated eye care, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its optometry business to MyEyeDr., the leading provider of comprehensive optometry services. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals. This transaction will...
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New Research from MGMA, Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com Gives Rural Health Leaders a Strategy for Sustaining Specialty Care
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Most rural healthcare organizations are not simply short on doctors — many are one physician departure away from creating a serious gap. A new report from Jackson Physician Search, LocumTenens.com and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), titled Rural Healthcare Specialty Priorities: Rural Physician Workforce Survey, reveals that in the specialties rural communities depend on most, local physician capacity is stretched too thin. More than two in three respond...
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Ontario’s hospital privatization plan ‘not adding up’ as public funding on for-profit clinics balloons while wait-times increase: new CCPA Report
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offe...
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Verbraucherumfrage von STAAR Surgical: 71 Prozent der Deutschen möchten auf Sehhilfen verzichten, kennen aber ihre Alternativen nicht
HAMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Die STAAR Surgical Company, weltweit führender Anbieter von phakischen Intraokularlinsen mit der EVO™-Produktfamilie implantierbarer Collamer®-Linsen (EVO ICL™) zur Sehkorrektur, hat die Ergebnisse ihrer globalen Verbraucherumfrage zur Zukunft der refraktiven Chirurgie veröffentlicht. In sieben Märkten wurde die Einstellung der Verbraucher zum Thema Sehkorrektur untersucht. In Deutschland wurden im März 2026 insgesamt 1.000 Erwachsene befragt. Das Ergebnis: Ve...
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Alume Biosciences Announces U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted for Bevonescein, a First-in-Class adjunct in the real-time intraoperative visualization of nerves during head and neck surgical procedures in adults
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alume Biosciences Announces U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted for Bevonescein...
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STAAR Surgical Board Approves $50 Million Share Repurchase Authorization
LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO™ family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for vision correction, today announced that its Board of Directors, at a regularly scheduled meeting, authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $50 million of its outstanding common stock. Under its buyback program, STAAR may repurchase shares in the open market, through privately ne...
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Redefine Surgery Closes Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round and Announces Catalyst OrthoScience Partnership
EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redefine Surgery, a medical technology company building physical AI for surgery, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round, bringing total capital raised to $10 million. Backed predominantly by surgeon investors, the financing will support continued development of the company’s surgical intelligence platform as it advances toward commercialization. The financing announcement follows Wednesday’s announcement by Catalyst OrthoScience...
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Orthopedic Care Partners Names Alex Dashe President of Arizona Division
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthopedic Care Partners (OCP), a leading orthopedic practice management platform, today announced the appointment of Alex Dashe as President of its Arizona Division, strengthening the organization’s leadership in Arizona as it continues to expand its physician partnerships and support the growth of its practices across the market. Dashe will join OCP this week and work closely with the outgoing Arizona Division President, Paula Hecht, through her planned tra...