Innovation

An administrative law judge has ruled in favor of Illumina after the Federal Trade Commission tried to thwart its $7.1 billion acquisition of biotech firm Grail, the genomics company said Sept. 1.

Government contractor and services company Maximus has been awarded a $6.6 billion contract from CMS. 

Healthtech company Insightec has signed a credit facility worth up to $200 million with Perceptive Advisors and Community Fund.

Regenerative cell therapeutics company Sernova has completed the second tranche of its private placement with Evotec SE worth $6.8 million.

Biologic medicines company Comera Life Sciences entered into a purchase agreement with Arena Business Solutions Global worth up to $15 million.

According to Becker’s Hospital Review, personnel shortages of all types were at the top of the list of pressing concerns for healthcare CEOs in 2021, eclipsing financial concerns for the first time in 17 years. Shortages of nursing staff are…

Digital health startup AESOP Technology has raised $2.95 million in a series pre-A funding round. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Hibiscus BioVentures and Innoforce have launched a cell and gene therapy accelerator aimed at identifying and forming companies around technologies that address unmet patient needs. 

The University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor and RWJBarnabas Health in West Orange, N.J., use Nuance's patient engagement solutions to increase patient reach and improve communication with patients. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers created an AI algorithm that can successfully analyze patterns of changes in women who are in labor.