synopsis: Dendrite International, Inc. announced the completion of its strategic acquisition of Medical Data Management. MDM is the leading provider of physician databases, market research, and sales force support services to pharmaceutical companies in Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine.

synopsis: Symyx Technologies, Inc. announced today it has closed the acquisition of certain software and content products of MDL Information Systems for $123 million in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments, from Elsevier Inc.

synopsis: Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital.The Healthcare business provides data, analytics and performance benchmarking solutions and services.

synopsis: Wolters Kluwer has completed the sale of its pharma-related Marketing & Publishing Services business to Springer Science+Business Media. The sale is part of Wolters Kluwer's strategy to focus on core health markets through its Wolters Kluwer Health & Pharma Solutions division.

synopsis: United Drug, plc has acquired WorldEvents® Group, the global group of event management companies headed by WorldEvents® Group Limited. WorldEvents® is one of the UK’s top five event management businesses, specialising in the healthcare/pharmaceutical sector.

synopsis: HMP Communications has acquired two leading clinical brands: Consultant and Consultant for Pediatricians. Consultant offers primary care practitioners authoritative, practical clinical advice. Consultant for Pediatricians, the leading clinical pediatric journal, offers primary care pediatricians practical clinical guidance on childhood disorders.

synopsis: Penton Media, Inc announces the acquisition of NPIcenter,a global online information resource for professionals in the nutraceutical, nutritional, dietary supplement, cosmetic, and food industries. NPIcenter joins Penton’s New Hope Natural Media, the leading media and integrated marketing solutions

synopsis: Metabolic Research Inc. has acquired IDZIN, Inc., a Nevada corporation. IDZIN has current and ongoing relationships with decision makers at Metabolic Research's optimum target market companies.

synopsis: Computer Sciences Corporation has completed its acquisition of First Consulting Group (Nasdaq: FCGI) for $13.00 per share, or approximately $365 million, in an all-cash transaction. The announcement follows approval of the acquisition by the stockholders of FCG at a stockholder meeting Jan. 10.

synopsis: Perot Systems Corporation has completed the acquisition of JJWild, Inc., the preferred provider of integrated healthcare delivery solutions for organizations using the MEDITECH Healthcare Information System.

synopsis: ICF International has acquired Z-Tech Corporation, an approximately 200-person firm that provides software engineering, Web design and development, and scientific computing services in support of federal health agencies. The purchase price included a US$27 million cash payment at closing and an additional $8 million in potential earn-out payments.

synopsis: Market Probe has announced the acquisition of Richard Day Research Inc. (RDR), a specialist in financial services and pharmaceutical research based in Evanston, IL. RDR employs a range of methods from quantitative surveys of clients and prospects, to internal analyses of customer databases.

synopsis: KnowledgePoint360 Group, a global leader in communications and information services for healthcare professionals, has acquired TGaS Advisors, LLC, the premier provider of benchmark-based advisory services to the pharma and biotech industry.

synopsis: I-many, Inc., a leading provider of contract management software and services for the enterprise, announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire privately-held Edge Dynamics, Inc., a leading provider of channel demand management solutions for the life sciences industry based in Redwood City, California.

synopsis: On June 27, 2006, digiMedical Solutions, Inc. entered into a merger with Game Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation. Game Technologies, Inc., as the surviving corporation, changed its name to digiMedical Solutions, Inc.

synopsis: Emdeon Corporation has completed the sale of its Emdeon Practice Services segment to Sage Software, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group. Emdeon Practice Services will continue its relationship with WebMD and will exclusively integrate WebMD's personal health record with its clinical products, including its electronic medical record.

synopsis: Wound Management Technologies, Inc. (WNDM), announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to purchase all healthcare-related assets of Virtual Health Technologies, Inc. WNDM will be acquiring Medical Office Software, Inc. (MOS), Secure eHealth, LLC, and the Veriscrip technology from Virtual Health Technologies, Inc.

synopsis: As an initial step in the creation of a wellness and prevention business platform, Johnson & Johnson announced today it has acquired HealthMedia, Inc., a privately held company located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that creates web-based behavior change interventions.

synopsis: QuadraMed® Corporation completed its acquisition of the Misys Computerized Patient Record assets of Misys Healthcare, a division of Misys plc at the previously announced purchase price of $33 million in cash.

synopsis: Connextions, Inc. has acquired bConnected Software, Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions for the healthcare industry. bConnected will continue to operate from its current location near Boulder, Colorado as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connextions.

synopsis: Dendrite International, Inc. announced the completion of its strategic acquisition of Medical Data Management. MDM is the leading provider of physician databases, market research, and sales force support services to pharmaceutical companies in Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine.

synopsis: Dendrite International, Inc. a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions to the pharmaceutical industry, announced the acquisition of substantially all the assets of OPUS Health LLC, a leading provider of direct-to-patient persistence technologies. OPUS Health will operate as a division of Dendrite within the Marketing Solutions business.

synopsis: Dendrite International, Inc. announced the completion of its strategic acquisition of Medical Data Management. MDM is the leading provider of physician databases, market research, and sales force support services to pharmaceutical companies in Poland, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine.

synopsis: Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of the Outreach Advantage solution suite from Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories. The OA suite provides customer relationship management tools and connectivity tools for integrating and interfacing with EMRs, Web, LIS, and other enterprise systems.

synopsis: Decision Resources Group, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on healthcare insights and analysis, announced that it acquired Pinsonault, a leading provider in offering managed markets-specific business and training solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

synopsis: Global Med Technologies, Inc., an international e-Health, medical information technology company, announced that it has executed an Asset Purchase Agreement and closed a transaction with eDonor, located in Phoenix, Arizona, for $5 million.

synopsis: China Information Security Technology, Inc. announced that the Company closed the acquisition of Shenzhen Zhongtian Technology Development Company Ltd., a leading provider of hospital digital information systems in Guangdong Province, China, for a purchase price of $16.5 million.

synopsis: To focus on its core business line for provider software, Kryptiq Corporation has announced the sale of its Choreo health plan network management software to Portico Systems. Kryptiq will use the proceeds raised through the sale of Choreo to expand the product and service offering of its flagship product suite, Connect IQ®.

synopsis: Formed by the merger of a subsidiary of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC, the newly integrated company is among the largest providers of Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solutions in the United States, with a client base of nearly one-third of the nation's practicing physicians.

synopsis: Visionary Medical Systems announced that it has acquired Antek HealthWare, LLC, a privately held company based outside Baltimore, MD, that develops practice management and laboratory information software for the healthcare industry.

synopsis: National Medical Development Inc., (NMDI) which develops, owns and operates businesses within the outpatient healthcare services market, announced today the acquisition of InStar Systems of Colorado Springs, Colo. InStar will be immediately integrated into NMDI's portfolio of companies.

synopsis: Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltée announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for its privatization by OMERS Private Equity Inc. (“OPE”), the private equity arm of OMERS Worldwide group of companies, and in which Société générale de financement du Québec (“SGF”) has agreed to make a min

synopsis: Civica Group Ltd, a market leader in software-based solutions that help to improve service delivery and efficiency, has announced that Civica UK Limited, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired in4tek Limited. In4tek, based in Altrincham, specialises in application software and related services for the health and social care sectors.

synopsis: Companion Technologies, a premier healthcare information technology company, has acquired SDS (Smart Document Solutions), a leading health information management company based in Alpharetta, Georgia. SDS specializes in medical release-of-information, document management, and healthcare consulting.

synopsis: PaperFree Medical Solutions, Inc. has acquired Doctor’s Billing Corporation, a Michigan corporation, in a stock purchase transaction. Doctor’s Billing Corporation will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of PaperFree Medical Solutions.

synopsis: CareMedic Systems, Inc. of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Third Millennium Healthcare Systems, Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., announced today a merger of the two companies.

synopsis: Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise research and development software and services company, has acquired privately-held VelQuest Corporation. VelQuest is the leader in paperless lab execution systems supporting current Good Manufacturing Practices for FDA-regulated industries.

synopsis: Liquent, Inc., a leading provider of software and service solutions designed to support the regulatory business processes of life sciences companies, is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners from Thomson Reuters.

synopsis: Crossflo Systems, Inc., a Patriot Scientific company, announced that it has acquired the assets of Verras Medical, Inc. (dba Iameter) and the Iameter portfolio of data analysis software and programs. The assets will be utilized to expand the current healthcare data sharing and analysis capabilities of the company.

synopsis: McKesson Corporation announced that RelayHealth, its connectivity services business, has acquired HTP Inc., a leading provider of revenue cycle management technology. HTP provides innovative connectivity solutions that address the growing burden of uncompensated healthcare, estimated to be $31.2 billion in 20061.

synopsis: Noteworthy Medical Systems, originator of the market's only three-screen ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), announced it has acquired strategic partner MARS Medical Systems, a leading provider of practice management solutions to physician groups.

synopsis: Superior Global Software, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Superior Global Solutions, Inc. a leader in healthcare outsourcing, announced that it has completed its acquisition of the assets and business of HTI Technologies, Inc., a developer and provider of medical documentation and workflow management software based in Marietta, Georgia.

synopsis: Oracle Corporation has completed the acquisition of Relsys International, Inc. The combination of Oracle and Relsys is expected to deliver the only suite of software applications that supports end-to-end drug safety processes across clinical development, post-market surveillance and patient care.