Celgene completes acquisition of Juno Therapeutics
Summit-based Celgene Corp. announced it has acquired Juno Therapeutics Inc.
As a result, Juno common stock will no longer be listed for trading on the NASDAQ.
The acquisition, Celegene said, positions it as a lead in...
Cooper gives three top execs new responsibilities
Cooper University Health Care announced a leadership reorganization Monday that moves CEO Adrienne Kirby into a more broad-based role and adds two co-presidents of the health system.
Kevin O’Dowd and Anthony Mazzarelli will become co-presidents...
Arbitration still key to out-of-network legislative fight
The ongoing battle over out-of-network legislation to help curb the cost of non-emergency, surprise medical bills continues to hinge on the tools arbitrators are given to help resolve disputed bills.
One side wants baseball-style arbitration,...
Two ACA-related health care bills OK’d by Senate panel
Two bills aimed at continuing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in its current form and transferring greater control to the state were voted out of the Senate Budget and Appropriations committee Monday.
One bill continues...
J&J institute building $18M facility in Florida
The Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, a unit of New Brunswick-based Johnson & Johnson focused on behavioral change for better health, is opening an $18 million facility in Florida, it announced recently.
The campus...
Horizon, Aledade create value-based care program
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey announced a new collaboration with Aledade to reward doctors for improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
This is the latest step by the insurer in pushing...
Tax reform creates $550M windfall for Horizon
President Donald Trump’s federal tax reform has given the state’s largest health insurer a windfall of $550 million, at least half of which it plans to immediately share with its 3.8 million members.
Horizon Blue...
Investment group aims to help minority community profit from legal marijuana
The echoes of many New Jersey investors can be heard when LaQuay L. Juel talks about potential for the state’s cannabis industry to be a windfall.
But the acoustics are different when he speaks of...
Healthlink helps clients work with health care system, lowering costs and stress
Lorie Gardner would not accept one doctor’s hesitancy to perform a life-saving procedure on her 92-year-old client.
“So, I did the research and found a top doctor who would,” Gardner said. “My client had three...
Grewal creates office to fight opioid crisis
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has created an office within the Office of the Attorney General that is devoted to fighting the ongoing opioid addiction problem, he announced Thursday.
The Office of the New Jersey Coordinator...
