McKesson Corporation completes acquisition of Rexall Health - December 29, 2016
Healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Rexall Health for $2.9 billion CAD ($2.1 billion USD, or approximately $1.7 billion USD, net of certain estimated purchase price adjustments, proceeds from store divestitures, and tax benefits). This follows the… Read More
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine announces first peer-reviewed special journal issue devoted to the Zika virus - December 28, 2016
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, a medical journal published by The College of American Pathologists (CAP), has created a comprehensive review of the Zika virus in its upcoming January 2017 issue. A series of 10 articles written by experts in the investigation of this emerging… Read More
Ministry of Public Health of Qatar launches first National Clinical Guidelines and Pathways using Hearst Health solutions - December 28, 2016
The Ministry of Public Health of Qatar (MOPH) has published their first set of National Clinical Guidelines and Pathways which were developed in partnership with Hearst Health International. The project addresses key areas of healthcare quality in Qatar with the aim of… Read More
The Association for Computing Machinery collection now enhanced and discoverable across ReadCube - December 28, 2016
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest computing society, has announced a partnership with ReadCube to both index and enhance its scholarly journal collection of emerging and established computing research. ACM's collection including 50 titles high-impact, peer-reviewed journals have been… Read More
CAS announces early access of SciFindern to select organisations - December 27, 2016
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, unveiled SciFindern early access to key customers in November. A powerful new workflow solution with humanly-curated content at its foundation, SciFindern delivers immediately actionable results at every step of the research process. SciFindern claims to be the first… Read More
Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan set to lose access to Elsevier journals - December 27, 2016
Thousands of scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan are set to lose online access to journals from the Dutch publisher Elsevier. Contract negotiations in both Germany and Taiwan broke down in December, while Peru's government has cut off funding for a licence. Universities regularly complain… Read More
