Varian Medical Systems Acquires Aspekt Solutions
Varian Medical Systems has announced its acquisition of Aspekt Solutions, a Greenbelt, Maryland-based provider of medical physics, dosimetry and strategy consultation services. Aspekt Solutions offers radiology and radiation oncology providers the staff, guidance, technical and operational expertise they need to turn a high-risk, high-capital business into a competitive advantage. Varian Medical Systems is a radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. The company’s medical devices include linear accelerators and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy and brachytherapy. ... Read More »
Amazon Invests $4 Billion into Healthcare AI
Amazon has announced that it is making its way into healthcare generative artificial intelligence by investing $4 billion into Anthropic, staking a minority claim on the company. Amazon will incorporate Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude, into Amazon Bedrock which is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) new generative AI service. The press release said that Anthropic will “train and deploy its future foundation models on AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips, taking advantage of AWS’s high-performance, low-cost machine learning accelerators.” “We have tremendous respect for Anthropic’s team and foundation models, and believe we can help improve many customer experiences, short and... Read More »
Flourish Research Acquires Valley Clinical Trials
Flourish Research, backed by private equity firm NMS Capital, announced its acquisition of Valley Clinical Trials, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, California. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Valley Clinical Trials is a leading clinical research site with three locations in California that specialize in cardiology, metabolic and related therapeutic areas. Since its founding in 2010, Valley has rapidly grown into a leading multi-site clinical trials company serving a broad and diverse population of patients in Los Angeles County. Launched in 2021. Flourish Research is a clinical trial site network. The company has sites throughout... Read More »
Montecito Medical Acquires Tucson, Arizona MOB
Montecito Medical Real Estate announced on September 21 the acquisition of a 14,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Tucson, Arizona for an undisclosed price. The acquisition of the property expands Montecito Medical’s existing footprint in Arizona. The property is fully occupied by Arizona Urology Specialists, the region’s premier urology practice, serving patients at 10 medical offices throughout Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale and Mesa, Arizona. The group uses the MOB property to deliver a variety of urology-related services. The building includes specialized space that houses a Linear Accelerator and CT scanner. Montecito Medical specializes in... Read More »
New Harbor Capital Builds Out Clinical Research Site Platform With Acquisition
New Harbor Capital has acquired Monroe Biomedical Research to build out a more robust clinical research platform. Monroe Biomedical Research is a 6,300-square-foot clinical research facility in Monroe, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Monroe Biomedical conducts clinical research studies for asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, Alzheimer’s and COVID-19. New Harbor Capital invests in lower middle market, growth-oriented business services, healthcare and education companies. Since 2000, New Harbor has completed more than 230 investments. Crosstree Capital Partners acted as advisor to Monroe Biomedical and helped the target identify New Harbor Capital as... Read More »Schedule a demo
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