NYU Langone and Huntington Med Group partner
NYU Langone Medical Center has acquired Huntington Medical Group, one of the largest practices of its kind on Long Island, in a move that keeps step with the changing healthcare environment…
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At Henry Schein, good Fortune continues
Henry Schein’s big year continues: Not only did the Melville-based health care products distributor land Thursday on the Fortune 500 list for the 11th consecutive year, but it moved up…
Taking North Shore-LIJ to market
By GREGORY ZELLER // With two spinoffs in play and as many as 10 waiting in the wings, the North Shore-LIJ Health System is ramping up its commercialization efforts at…
Feinstein’s vagus research takes plenty of nerve
BY GREGORY ZELLER // What happens in vagus doesn’t actually stay there. Or at least that’s the theory behind electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, a long cranial bundle that…
In tattoo removal, it’s all about thinking backwards
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’ve ever wanted a tattoo but balked at that whole, you know, forever thing, hang on. Joseph Miccio is back at the drawing board. In…
Hofstra-NSLIJ med school graduates first class
The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine graduated its first class on Monday, sending 30 pioneering students off to post-graduate residencies at North Shore, Duke University Medical Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital,…
Leading the fight against C. Diff
By GREGORY ZELLER // Researchers battling the insidious clostridium difficile infection are making progress on several new fronts, including a novel “poop pill” developed by Symbiotic Health, a spinoff from North…
An all-around great quarter for Henry Schein
The good times roll on at Henry Schein, with the Melville healthcare products distributor reporting record first-quarter results. Net sales for the quarter ended March 28 were $2.5 billion, a…
Henry Schein’s $11 billion niche
BY GREGORY ZELLER// Even for a company as large as Henry Schein, months don’t get much bigger than this. On April 17, one of Long Island’s best-known brands marked its…
Feinstein partnering with Australian pharma
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has inked a partnership deal with Novogen, an Australian pharmaceuticals giant and parent company of San Diego-based MEI Pharma, which produces a growing list…
State’s job board sets record on tech employment
Tech-based jobs rule the roost on New York State’s Jobs Express website, an online resource looking to connect the unemployed with companies in search of fresh blood. According to the…
North Shore-LIJ, CSHL in cancer partnership
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and North Shore-LIJ announced a joint cancer research and treatment effort that is designed to speed the region’s most-promising research to patients. The affiliation will better…
In Long Beach, the art of medicine
BY GREGORY ZELLER Expect the “hospital without beds” coming soon to the site of the former Long Beach Medical Center to be a bastion of Long Island-based technology. While South…
Hofstra, NS-LIJ nursing school unveiled
Hofstra University and the North Shore-LIJ Health System unveiled plans for a School of Graduate Nursing and Health Professions, with school officials saying the initial focus is on health care…
Clinical trials for DepYMed
A joint venture between biotech stalwart Ohr Pharmaceutical and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is taking the fight to breast cancer – though a revolutionary treatment may still be a half-decade…