GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers AG are among the parties eyeing a potential acquisition of recently spun off Medtronic patient-monitoring and respiratory intervention business units that could be valued at more than $7 billion, Bloomberg reported Dec. 7.
Disruptors
Recent moves from CVS and Walgreens show that the pharmacy retail giants are making leaps into healthcare spaces they've never touched — but hospitals aren't sweating yet.
Microsoft has been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.
From completing its $19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance to partnering with some of the largest hospitals and health systems, Microsoft is continuing its push into the healthcare industry.
Three senior vice presidents at software giant VMware are leaving the company as Broadcom looks to acquire the company for $61 billion, The Wall Street Journal first reported Dec. 12.
Microsoft held onto the top spot and Apple finished second, but technology companies slipped in the Drucker Institute's "250 Best-Managed Companies of 2022" rankings, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 12.
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions as of Dec. 12:
Google has been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.
GE Healthcare is looking to cut debt, bring down costs and pursue tuck-in acquisitions after it spins off from GE in January, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 8.
From entering into an agreement with EHR vendor Epic to helping some of the biggest health systems improve health equity through data, Google is continuing its push into the healthcare industry.