With reference to the news release 'CompuGroup Medical Indicates an Interest in a Potential Acquisition of All of the Issued Shares of Agfa' published on October 28, 2016, Agfa-Gevaert NV ("Agfa") provides an update to the market and investors.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced a wide-ranging, multi-year business partnership involving both companies' innovations in patient monitoring and therapy solutions. The partnership includes joint marketing and sales programs in North America and certain markets in Asia and Europe for Masimo's non-invasive sensor technologies, such as its rainbow® and SET® platforms, in conjunction with Philips' patient monitoring and select therapy solutions.
At a meeting with investors and financial analysts today in London, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) will provide the financial markets with an update on the company's transformation into a global HealthTech leader and the performance roadmap.
Technology used by retail giants ranging from Tesco to Argos could now save the NHS millions of pounds, as a result of a new partnership between NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and British technology company Virtualstock. NHS SBS, a Department of Health joint venture with Sopra Steria, has already saved the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds since it was set up in 2005.