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Aug 07 2017

EHR and practice management software vendor Allscripts is buying McKesson's hospital enterprise software businesses for $185 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170803/NEWS/170809949?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170803-NEWS-170809949&utm_campaign=am
Aug 03 2017

Lots of CRO deals lately.  Now Evotec, a Germany-based vendor focusing on pre-clinical development, is acquiring Aptuit, which provides similar services, for $300 million.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/evotec-to-fill-pre-ind-service-gap-300m-aptuit-buy?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1ObFlUQm1NalUxT1RrNCIsInQiOiJ6UENNRjVhazRoS2Yycjg2XC9ydEtXRmJRVDZQRzJMNEJ2UGdqQlwvYTBvS1JDWnpzZHFQRTN0TEZueXBFUlcyWFZqWDBcL3VsSXhiSWpZNWdnRVwvbW1LVk8yVFN0Tm5lN29CekJMdm5tdkhOUFdNRWU1XC9FamN1bnVhS3BEbWc3K0NCIn0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Aug 03 2017

Accuity Delivery Systems, a provider of revenue cycle management software, raised an undisclosed amount in a new investment round.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/mts-backs-accuity-delivery-systems/
Aug 03 2017

e-prescribing vendor EazyScripts gets an easy $2 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/eazyscripts-pulls-in-2-mln-series-a/
Aug 03 2017

Contract research firm Icon is buying Mapi, which provides data and analysis on the economic and other outcome benefits of drugs.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/icon-enhances-commercialization-arm-mapi-buy-reports-record-q2?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldaaE5tUTBNREkxTURFMCIsInQiOiIrcHNGbUhXcUZTcjdGMmpwakxRRjdMZUU3QVVcL1RSRmlHcVo3Vm5UWjZyY2F2SDN3TXdXOTBpVmxsRVJNREl0TFFmQ1hhMHh5XC9lRzJEaFBiQ1NoTGw4Z3dJYjFBRmFXU0pCY2YzWlwvUFkxeFVRajdLRCtPRjRRbXcySlRUSzVHQyJ9&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Aug 02 2017

This is what happens when you don't have a fruit in your company name, you get sold.  Nursing home pharmacy chain Pharmerica is being bought by a PE firm for $1.4 billion.  No word yet on whether the name will be changed to Pharnana.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/kkr-to-buy-pharmerica-corp-for-1-4-bln/
Aug 02 2017

Must be a fruity day, as Limelight Health garners $7 million in new funding for its employee health benefits enrollment, etc. software.  What's next--a company named Apple?

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/limelight-health-raises-7-million-to-expand-employee-benefits-quote-to-enrollment-platform-300497409.html
Aug 02 2017

In a nutty idea, chronic disease prevention firm Fruit Street has raised $8 million, mostly from physicians, which should be a tipoff to other investors (physicians are legendary for the investing acumen (not)).

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/07/prweb14542992.htm
Aug 01 2017

NextGen, an EHR vendor which is a unit of Quality Systems, is acquiring EagleDream Health for around $26 million.  EagleDream provides analytics to improve practice performance.

https://bridge.nextgen.com/media/4511/NextGen_Healthcare_Agrees_to_Acquire_EagleDream_Health_Inc.pdf
Aug 01 2017

Clinical lab giant LabCorp is expanding its oncology offerings for clinical trials by purchasing Chiltern International for $1.2 billion.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chiltern-m-a-laboratory-corp-idUSKBN1AG13R
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