Quest loses UnitedHealth deal to Lab Corp
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Lab testing company Quest Diagnostics Inc.  said on Tuesday it will no longer be the national provider for insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. , losing a major contract to rival Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
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Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N has sued   Boston Scientific Corp.BSX.N and Abbott Laboratories Inc.   ABT.N, seeking at least $5.5 billion in damages related to   J&J's failed bid for medical device maker Guidant Corp.
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General Electric pulls out of an $8bn deal to buy the diagnostics arm of medical firm Abbott Laboratories.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation&#39;s largest health insurer, is buying privately-held benefits provider Definity Health Corp.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N on  Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300  million, as the No. 1 U.S. health insurer seeks to offer more  health savings accounts, which give consumers incentives to  rein in health costs.
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its  marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment  in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said  on Thursday.
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US health titan Johnson and Johnson has reached a deal to acquire US heart device manufacturer Guidant Corporation, in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $23.9 billion, based on $76 a share, the companies said in a statement early this morning.
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Genelabs Technologies Inc. GNLB.O  said on Tuesday that a late-stage trial of its drug to limit  bone loss in women with lupus disease failed to work.
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Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N has sued   Boston Scientific BSX.N and Abbott Laboratories Inc. ABT.N,   seeking at least $5.5 billion in damages related to J&J's   failed bid to acquire medical device maker Guidant Corp.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Onex Corp. conglomerate has signed a $980 million deal to buy two US health services companies owned by former Canadian transportation giant Laidlaw International Inc.
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Boston Scientific Corp. , the medical device maker, eliminated 55 jobs in Marlborough last month, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Company spokesman Paul Donovan said the Natick firm made the cuts after deciding to pull the plug on its Endovations program, an effort to develop a new single-use endoscope with an integrated ...
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Shares of pharmaceutical companies OSI  Pharmaceuticals Inc. OSIP.O and Genentech Inc. DNA.N fell  sharply before the bell on Friday on concerns about the price  and a warning label on a key new drug the two collaborated to  produce.
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General Electric Co.  and Abbott  Laboratories Inc.  said on Wednesday they had terminated  a proposed $8 billion deal for GE to buy two Abbott businesses  because they couldn&#39;t agree on final terms.
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The biotechnology company said it lost $916,000 in the third quarter on higher operating costs, including a $50 million charge for a patent lawsuit settlement.
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UAL Corp. UALAQ.OB, parent of  bankrupt United Airlines, on Tuesday reported a November net  loss of $87 million, including a $158 million gain from the  sale of Orbitz Inc. shares and $20 million of reorganization  expenses.
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A U.S. court dealt a blow to Johnson &  Johnson  in its $5.5 billion lawsuit over the sale of  Guidant Corp to Boston Scientific Corp , dismissing some  claims and only allowing part of the case to proceed.