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OHSU and Moda agree to option to convert note to equity
November 17, 2015
With a goal of improving the health of Oregonians, Oregon Health & Science University and Moda Health Plan, Inc. have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to create a joint board and provide OHSU an optin to acquire a 25 percent equity position in Moda Health by converting a $50 million surplus note.
Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health affiliation officially launches
November 10, 2015
Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health have finalized an agreement to manage their respective clinical services as an integrated health system. The agreement creates OHSU Partners, a joint management company that will officially become operational on Monday, Nov. 16.
What really makes cancer drug ‘super responders’ exceptional survival stories?
November 09, 2015
Reports of “super responders” – patients who do exceptionally well on a cancer treatment –may be driving unfounded assumptions about the effectiveness of the drugs involved, researchers caution.
OHSU statement regarding its investment in health care transformation
November 06, 2015
$50 million surplus note supports participation in health care exchange
Bay Area Cancer Center first to join OHSU Knight Cancer Network
October 31, 2015
Bay Area Hospital and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute have agreed to launch the first site of the newly formed OHSU Knight Cancer Network at the Bay Area Cancer Center in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Media’s frequent use of superlative terms to describe new cancer drugs questioned by study
October 29, 2015
While most new cancer drugs afford modest benefits, approved drugs or those in development may be heralded as “game changers” or “breakthroughs” in the lay press
OHSU releases Mole Mapper ResearchKit app to track potential skin cancers
October 14, 2015
Oregon Health & Science University today released an iPhone app designed to advance melanoma research by giving users the ability to accurately measure and monitor moles, and contribute photos of how their potential trouble spots evolve over time.
Immunovia, OHSU collaborating on early detection test for pancreatic cancer
October 04, 2015
Immunovia AB and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) formed a collaboration to confirm, validate and commercialize a blood test for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The test called IMMray™ PanCan-d analyses a patient’s immune system for early signs of disease. The collaboration will also enable researchers to explore biomarkers for a number of other cancer types.