1. Eric Schmidt, PhD, will step down from his role as executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, in January.
2. Piedmont Healthcare and Shepherd Center, both based in Atlanta, established a hospital-to-hospital EHR hosting agreement on the Epic platform — a first in Georgia.
3. Roche, a pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire the precision medicine company Ignyta for $27 per share in an all-cash transaction.
4. Leaf Healthcare, a provider of a wearable patient monitoring system, established a clinical advisory board.
5. Theranos’ outlook for 2018 improved after securing a $100 million loan from Fortress Investment Group, which will help the troubled blood-testing company dodge bankruptcy.
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