
For select patients, hospital at home treatment produces similar outcomes to inpatient care at similar or lower costs, found a study by researchers from the United Kingdom and Italy to be published in CMAJ. Hospital at home programs are popular alternatives to hospital stays given the demand for acute care beds and the need to
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have announced that they received approval from the European Commission to proceed with Teva’s acquisition of Barr.
In connection with this approval, Teva and Barr are required to divest certain formulations of 17 generic drugs in certain specific countries with respect to which they have a product overlap, representing approximately $6 million in the companies’ annual sales.
The companies continue to expect that the transaction will close this month.
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