TOP STORIES
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals may have fired Martin Shkreli as CEO earlier this week, but the company faces Nasdaq delisting before the end of the year. Shkreli’s alleged co-conspirator Evan Greebel was outside counsel to KaloBios, which still hasn’t filed its Q3 financials. — CNBC
The Department of Defense has modified its Defense Healthcare Management System Modification EHR contract, adding a $5 million no-bid hosting contract to primary contractor Leidos. Does this mean Cerner’s EHR technology didn’t meet the original RFP’s requirements? — HIStalk
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LIFE SCIENCES
Immunotheraphy company Agenus has acquired PhosImmune, which has been developing a new portfolio of cancer neoantigens. — Business Wire
Biotech startup GenSpera has raised $2.5 million in private equity to a Phase II study of a treatment for glioblastoma multiforme. — Business Wire
Avita Medical is selling its respiratory business to Medical Developments International for $2.64 million. – Marketwired
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A soon-to-be-approved “antidote” to blood thinners should give a boost to new warfarin competitors, including Xarelto and Eliquis. — Reuters
PAYERS-PROVIDERS
Nurses at Albany, New York’s Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, who have been working without a contract for two years, have set a Jan. 6 strike date. — Albany Business Review
Get ready for sticker shock from patients around ER visits. – NPR
Santé, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based operator of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, will build a $40 million complex on the site of a long-vacant office complex in nearby Glendale. — Phoenix Business Journal
Hawaii recently legalized medical marijuana dispensaries. Getting one of the first licenses is proving to be a challenge. — Pacific Business News
Be thankful for what you have. In India, two-thirds of doctors don’t feel safe at their hospitals (non-scientific study). – PR Newswire
TECHNOLOGY
What will it take to increase adoption of APIs to liberate health data? — Harvard Business Review
A family physician has an EHR wish list for Santa. — Kevin MD
ONC has published its 2016 advisory on health IT interoperability standards. — ONC Health IT Buzz
Cerner has had itself quite a year, and this story doesn’t even mention the DoD deal. — Kansas City Business Journal
Intuitive Surgical has paid Luna Innovations another $9 million for shape-sensing technology the former is incorporating into its robot-assisted surgery platform. — MassDevice
POLITICS
Kentucky has settled charges of misleading pharma advertising with Johnson & Johnson for $15.5 million and Purdue Pharma for $24 million. — Reuters
The DEA has made it slightly easier for researchers to study medicinal use of the marijuana derivative cannabidiol. — The Denver Post
A LITTLE BIT EXTRA
Someone with far too much free time has made an animated video imagining Bill Murray helping Wu-Tang Clan steal back the $2 million album from Shkreli. — Dangerous Minds
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