Our Healthcare Hot Topics of the Week

Life is hectic, we know, so here’s a recap of the Healthcare Weekly Hot Topics you can’t afford to miss:

1) State Run ObamaCare Healthcare Exchanges Report 50,000 Enrollees
Bloomberg, November 11, 2013

2) Shire Buys ViroPharma for $4.2 Billion adding treatment for rare diseases
Bloomberg, November 11, 2013

3) FDA Investigation of Cancer Clinic Shows Selling Drugs to Patients Never Approved of for Cancer
Forbes, November 11, 2013

4) ObamaCare 1st Month’s Numbers Disappointing
CNN, November 13, 2013

5) Health Gains Slow, Even Though Healthcare Costs are on the Rise
Bloomberg, November 12, 2013

6) Johnson & Johnson  Pays $4 Billion to Settle Hip Implant Lawsuits
Bloomberg, November 13, 2013

7) New American Heart Association Guidelines May Lead to Increase Use of Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
USA Today, November 12, 2013

8) New Surgeon General Named:  Dr. Vivek H. Murthy
Washington Post, November 14, 2013

9) 2014 “Make or Break” Year for Electronic Medical Record
Bloomberg Businessweek, November 14, 2013

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