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Articles in Oct 1995 issue of Health Industry Today

• Capitated supply agreements edge closer to reality
  by Curt Werner
• State, local facilities could get federal pricing under VA proposal
• Boehringer, DuPont Pharma merge drug therapy and monitoring efforts
• Hospitals and rehab providers lead first-quarter mergers and acquisitions
• Wyntek Diagnostics has a totally OSOM new product
• McKesson Health Systems - distribution agreement with AmeriNet Inc
• OMI, still on the ropes, boosts prices 1%
• United States Surgical Corp - acquires exclusive rights to market Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s transgenic pig organs
• Diatech, Inc - product development and marketing agreement with Hafslund Nycomed A/S
• Rochester Medical Corp - marketing and distribution contract with ConvaTec
• EdenTec Corp - to acquire Melville Software Ltd
• Abiomed, Inc - laparoscopy instrument research grant from National Institutes of Health
• VHA the latest to roll out committed med-surg buying program
• Bard execs found guilty, await November sentencing
• With eye on U.S., in-home, saliva-based HIV test ready for offshore markets
• Cardiac Control Systems renews Intermedics supply pact
• J&J to shift marketing focus for new line of vital signs monitors
• Bristol-Myers Squibb - manufacturing agreement with VHA Inc
• Great medical advertising is a rare gift indeed
  by Bruce Lehman
• Elscint, Inc - establishes nuclear medicine training center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• BioSafety Systems Inc - to merge with HVB Inc
• Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc - acquires UCB Medical Industries
• Olicon Imaging Systems, Inc - marketing agreement with Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc
• Claflin, Metropolitan latest distributors to merge
• Device manufacturers cheer HCFA ruling
• Sherwood, Davis & Geck merged by parent company
• Nellcor, Puritan-Bennett merger will cost sales jobs
• Baxter's BioStat 1000 could displace prevailing sampling techniques
• Purchase Connection GPO prepares to go public
• General Medical Corp - contract with Graduate Health System
• Cardiologists: sales reps can be key players, if…
  by Mike Kelly
• Biomagnetic Technologies Inc - to sell Magnes II magnetic source imaging system in Japan
• International Medication Systems, Ltd - launches inhaled anesthetic lines
• Smith & Nephew Richards Inc - discontinues cochlear implant production
• Coherent, Inc - total medical laser instrument shipments
• CIGNA, N.M. hospital in $100 million primary care supply pact with G.M
• General Medical gains $100 million sole distribution award from Tenet
• Sterile Concepts to distribute ORex Degradables lines for Isolyser
• Amid aborted merger speculation, Amsco launches refurb program
• Everything's cool as Augustine warms up sales effort for PolarAir System
• Medline Industries, Inc
• Sherwood Medical Co - contract with University Hospital Consortium
• CMS sale to Fisher raises questions about impartiality
• Graphic Controls Corp
• E-Z-EM, Inc
• Staar Surgical Co - antitrust lawsuit against Allergan Medical Optics
• Orthofix International N.V - completes acquisition of American Medical Electronics Inc
• Owens gains two prime vendor awards
• Fuji, G.E. expect big sales spike via computed radiography sales alliance
• Court dismisses Ethicon Endo's patent suit against U.S. Surgical
• Urohealth, in acquisition binge, could more than double sales
• Boston Scientific pays $500 million for Heart Technology Inc
• Comdisco Medical Equipment Group - contract with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp
• Hudson RCI
• 3M Medical Imaging Systems - supply contract with Siemens AG
• Mediq Inc - sells assets to National Medical Care Inc
• Protocol Systems Inc - acquires Omeara Ltd
• Varian Associates, Inc - completes sale of Electron Devices business
• American BioMed, Inc - distribution contract with Horizon Medical Products Inc
• Purchasing managers: manufacturing activity slows in August