Extra capacity not a cure-all for what ails Texas restaurants, says executive

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/19 3:49A W. Scott Bailey

Veteran Texas restaurant owner warns that customer limits aren't the only hurdle.

Fort Worth biotech company Eyevance Pharmaceuticals acquired in $225M deal

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/18 8:11A Kevin Cummings

There’s another exit in the North Texas startup scene that further points to the increased interest the biotech industry has seen during the pandemic. Santen Holdings U.S., a subsidiary of Japan’s Santen Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement to...

This DFW CEO is bringing fresh tech to ensure people take key types of medicine at home

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/18 3:41A Brian Womack

Mitchell Berenson of Community Infusion Solutions saw an opportunity to automate a process that can help ensure patients get better.

Local biotech company plans merger with Plano drug development company to fight HIV

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/17 4:19A Kevin Cummings

Two Dallas-Fort Worth companies have signed a letter of intent to merge their businesses and technology to fight HIV.

How companies are getting speedy coronavirus tests for employees

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/15 4:39A Noam Scheiber

Decisions about testing often reveal less about availability than about the economics of a business and the value it places on driving down workplace transmission.

Covid-19 driving adoption of telemedicine for primary care and other visits

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/15 4:11A Jim Molis

This pandemic called for changes in the way that we access health care in order to minimize the transmission of Covid-19 and reduce the impact of patient surges on medical facilities and resources. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, trends showed some...

Jet Health acquires Arlington’s Carrington Hospice Care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/14 9:30A Bill Hethcock

A California-based home health and hospice services provider has acquired Arlington-based Carrington Hospice Care. The acquisition of the Dallas-Fort Worth provider by Irvine-based Jet Health Inc. will position Carrington for more growth, the...

Vaccine-makers keep safety details quiet, alarming scientists

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/14 12:44A Katie Thomas

There's a growing outcry among independent scientists and public health experts who are pushing the companies to be far more open with the public in the midst of the pandemic.

10. Soleo Health: Specialty pharmacy infusion provider continues growth

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/13 11:53A Rob Schneider

The provider of complex specialty pharmacy and infusion services and the company says COVID-19 hasn’t slowed its growth plans for the next few years.

9. Addus HomeCare: Service provider’s rapid growth is fueled by acquisition

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/13 11:42A Rob Schneider

The home care services provider assists patients with personal care and daily living functions. It also works in hospice and home health services and says mergers and acquisitions has fueled growth.

CEO, president resign from Texas drugmaker

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/12 5:39A Mike Cronin

The top two executives have departed Savara Inc., the Austin-based pharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat rare lung diseases. Savara announced Sept. 11 that Rob Neville resigned as CEO and Dr. Taneli Jouhikainen resigned as president...

Colleges show little patience — or mercy — for students who violate policies to keep Covid-19 in...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/11 8:09A Hilary Burns

Students returning to campus this semester are getting a stern message from college administrators: Run afoul of our Covid-19 policies, and you pay the price.

Dallas' Health Wildcatters announced 2020 accelerator cohort

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/10 10:26A Kevin Cummings

The Dallas-based seed accelerator announced the nine new startups that will make up its eighth cohort, since it was founded in 2013.

AstraZeneca’s Covid trial pause a reminder of huge challenges in race for vaccines

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/10 2:05A Sarah Neville, Clive Cookson and

The incident has served as a reminder that the pharma industry is trying to pull off an unprecedented feat: aiming to beat, by several years, the previous fastest development of a vaccine.

Abbott extends Texas' Covid-19 disaster declaration

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/8 4:11A ABJ staff

Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 7 extended the state's disaster declaration for Covid-19, providing extended aid for local government efforts to combat the pandemic. The declaration also gives increased powers to Texas' governor and health...