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Enterprise Software M&A Achieves Record Growth, Despite Shrink In Private Equity Investment, Says Hampleton Partners’ Report

London, UK – 8 March 2023. The latest Enterprise Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, reveals how the sector maintained its high-growth trajectory in 2022 with a record-breaking 1,837 deals, up 8 per cent compared to 2021’s 1,702 deals. This was achieved despite the… Read More »

Coronavirus live updates: Fed’s Bullard calls shutdown ‘massive investment in public health’

About Covid19 signs are seen at the Times Square in New York City, United States on March 20, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This is CNBC’s 24-hour blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This live blog will be updated throughout… Read More »

Chicago hospitals band together promising new system, $1B investment in city’s South Side

Dive Brief: Four Chicago hospitals inked a nonbinding deal to form a new health system to expand access to care with the goal of reducing health inequities and creating jobs on the city’s South Side, the facilities announced Thursday. They promised to invest at least $ 1.1 billion to build a hospital and community health… Read More »

Investment in medical and health R&D not keeping up with needs of nation, report finds

Total U.S. investment in medical and health research and development grew by 6.4% from 2017 to 2018, reaching $ 194.2 billion. For the third straight year, the growth-rate of medical and health R&D investment outpaced the growth-rate of overall health spending. Yet R&D spending still represents only about 5 cents of every health dollar spent.… Read More »

Confidence, investment in AI remains high, Optum says

Dive Brief: Half of healthcare organizations leveraging artificial intelligence expect a positive return on investment in less than three years, according to a new survey from UnitedHealth Group’s health services arm Optum. Nine in 10 healthcare executives are confident they’ll see an ROI sooner than previously expected. Senior health leaders also plan to invest more… Read More »

Japan drug price reforms risk hurting investment: Bristol-Myers CEO

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s “overly restrictive” drug pricing policies risk diverting foreign direct investment to China and other markets, the chief executive of Bristol-Myers Squibb said on Thursday. The Japanese government made reforms in 2018 that change how its national health system pays for new and innovative drugs. But those changes are not science-based and… Read More »

Further investment needed to defend NHS against growing cyber threats, researchers warn

With facilities around the world turning to technology in the hope of easing increasing pressures, healthcare is becoming a prime target for hackers. Only last month, four hospitals in Romania were hit by cyberattacks, with the ransomware believed by experts to have spread through emails with infected attachments disguised as invoices and plane tickets, creating… Read More »