Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is episodes of rapid heart rate that start in a part of the heart above the ventricles. "Paroxysmal" means from time to time. The heart wil...

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Allos Therapeutics

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (Henderson, NV), a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in hematology and oncology today announced the s...

Southern Hospitality Completes Reverse Merger With Art Dimensions, Inc.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southern Hospitality Franchise Holding Corporation ("SH") announced the successful completion of a reverse merger and reorganization with Ar...

Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation Reports Second Quarter Net Income Increase of 9.5% Despite $914 Thousand in Merger Costs, Completes Davidson Trust Acquisition

BRYN MAWR, Pa., July 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (Nasdaq:BMTC), (the "Corporation"), parent of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company (the "Bank"), today announced net income for the...

Bosch Completes Acquisition of Eisai Machinery

The merger further strengthens Bosch's position in the Japanese market.

Standard Parking Corporation Completes Merger With Central Parking Corporation

CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Standard Parking Corporation (Nasdaq:STAN), one of the nation's leading providers of parking management, ground transportation and other ancillary services,...

BioCryst and Presidio terminate merger agreement

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc have agreed the mutual termination of the Merger Agreement and the related Investor Financing Agreement the companies entered into in Oc...

Sun Pharma announces merger with Taro Pharmaceutical Industries

Sun Pharmaceuticals closed the deal after raising its offer from $24.50 per share. The new offer amounts to $571 million he merger agreement provides that all shareholders of Taro other than Sun Pharm...

ShangPharma’s shareholders approve merger agreement

China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D outsourcing company ShangPharma’s shareholders have voted in favor of merger agreement in which ShangPharma Merger Sub will merge with ShangPharma, w...

Commentary: What Happens When a Combined Entity Is Lesser Than the Sum of Its Parts?

Elsewhere in this issue, Kastor examines the failed merger of the Mount Sinai and New York University (NYU) medical schools and hospitals. The failure of the merger is even more remarkable today than...

Failure of the Merger of the Mount Sinai and New York University Hospitals and Medical Schools: Part 2.

This is the second of two articles in this issue of Academic Medicine that, together, report the author's findings from his study of the attempt by the leaders of Mount Sinai and New York University (...

Influence of the Municipal Merger on Local Government Employees' Stress Response in Japan.

In Japan, mergers of cities, towns, and villages have occurred rapidly as a result of the Special Law on the Merger of Municipalities, enacted in 2005. These mergers may impact civil servantsf psych...

Welfare standards in hospital mergers.

There is a broad literature on the consequences of applying different welfare standards in merger control. Total welfare is usually defined as the sum of consumer and provider surplus, i.e., potential...

Commentary: Less Is Better: Lessons From the New York University-Mount Sinai Merger.

Elsewhere in this issue, Kastor details the merger and demerger of New York University (NYU) and Mount Sinai hospitals and medical schools. Academic medical center mergers are difficult endeavors to e...