Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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primary care :: Article Creator Primary Care In Crisis: A Physician's Take On Reform Source: Imtmphoto/Shutterstock This blog reviews how the role of primary care practice has diminished greatly over the past 40 years. When I became a physician in the 1980's primary care medicine entailed a physician specializing in pediatrics, family medicine, or internal medicine who served as the main point of contact for a panel of patients. The primary care physician evaluated patients for their annual check-ups, monitored patients with chronic conditions, and was also available for same-day or same-week visits when someone was sick. The primary care physician was able to address more than 90% of the care of sick patients in their clinic, and occasionally would refer patients for evaluation by a specialist. In rare cases, when the required level of care could not be handled in the clinic, such as when a patient required intravenous...
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Emergent Biosolutions completes acquisition of PaxVax

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Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:) has its acquisition of PaxVax, a company focused on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing specialty vaccines that protect against existing and emerging infectious diseases.

With the closing of this transaction, Emergent acquires two marketed vaccines – Vivotif (Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a), the only oral vaccine licensed by the FDA for the prevention of typhoid fever, and Vaxchora (Cholera Vaccine, Live, Oral), the only FDA-licensed vaccine for the prevention of cholera.

At the closing, the company paid a cash purchase price of ~$270M, using a combination of cash-on-hand and borrowings under its existing credit facility.

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