All amounts in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated Toronto, May 3, 2011 – Onex Corporation (TSX: OCX) and its affiliates (the “Onex Group”) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to sell Husky International to Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity for $2.1 billion. The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter […]
Action-Packed Event Raises Money to Aid Families of Sick Children NEW ORLEANS - May 02, 2011 - Get ready, tweens! Hannah Montana star and Wind-Up Records recording artist Emily Osment is flying in to New Orleans to perform a special one-hour concert in City Park to benefit the Ochsner Pediatric Family Assistance Fund. It's the party to […]
NEW ORLEANS - May 2, 2011 – Fourth-year orthopedic surgery resident Dr. W. Stephen Choate received first-place honors in the Resident Research Competition held in conjunction with the Louisiana Orthopedic Association's annual meeting in March. Residency directors from each orthopedic residency program in the state-Ochsner, LSU-NO, LSU-Shreveport, and Tulane-selected a research paper for a podium presentation […]
WHAT: Jack Tillery, the recipient of a rare double organ (heart and kidney) transplant at Ochsner's Multi-Organ Transplant Center, will complete a 270-mile bike ride from his hometown of Moss Bluff, LA to Ochsner Medical Center just 16 months after his transplant surgery. With support from the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) which has helped […]
Relationship to enhance access to health care resources in the greater New Orleans community and establishes opportunities for clinical collaboration and patient education. NEW ORLEANS - April 21, 2011 – Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), and Ochsner Health System today announced a new relationship which will increase opportunities for […]
KKR to acquire the world's leading provider of pharmaceutical and dietary supplement capsules and other innovative drug-delivery systems The agreement completes Pfizer's previously announced review of strategic options for the Capsugel business PEAPACK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P. (together with its affiliates, "KKR") today announced they have entered into an agreement whereby […]
Lafayette, IN – Minneapolis-based Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) announced this week its acquisition of Open MRI of Lafayette. This agreement brings CDI’s national reputation for accessible, reliable medical imaging care to a community an hour outside Indianapolis. The center, located at 130 Professional Court, Suite C, in Lafayette, is now called CDI Open MRI […]
All amounts in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated Toronto, February 14, 2011 – Onex Corporation ("Onex") (TSX: OCX) today announced it has agreed to vote in favour of a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation (NYSE: EMS) (“EMSC”) by an affiliate of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC. Under the terms […]
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Jan 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Emergency Medical Services Corporation (NYSE: EMS) (The Company) today announced that its EmCare segment has acquired North Pinellas Anesthesia Associates and Northwood Anesthesia Associates (North Pinellas/Northwood), an anesthesia provider based in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1983, North Pinellas/Northwood has approximately 40 clinicians and provides outsourced anesthesia services […]