Ligand to Acquire Metabasis for Cash and Contingent Value Rights

10.27.09 | Author: admin | Posted in Health Care | No Comments »

Ligand to Acquire Metabasis for Cash and Contingent Value Rights

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND – News) and Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBRX – News) announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ligand will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Metabasis.
Under the transaction, Metabasis stockholders will receive a cash payment [...]

Highly Involved Patients Don’t Always See Better Health Outcomes

02.25.08 | Author: meera | Posted in Psychology / Psychiatry | No Comments »

Patients who prefer to be highly involved in their treatment don’t necessarily have better luck managing chronic health conditions, a new study suggests.
A research team based at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Iowa City Health Care System and the University of Iowa surveyed 189 veterans with high blood pressure to determine the patients’ preferences for involvement [...]