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...Recent acquisitions were hurt by the crisis: both Crossix, a service for holding patients’ data, and Physicians World, a speakers bureau for healthcare professionals, have suffered more than other parts...
...To bolster its finances, Toshiba recently agreed to sell its medical device unit to Canon for $6bn and its home appliance business to China’s Midea for an undisclosed price....
...Medical devices group Smith & Nephew added 2 per cent to 536½p on the back of well-received figures from US peer Stryker....
...Shares in the serviced office group fell last week after Mark Dixon, chief executive, sold shares to pay for his divorce....
...Medical Solutions gained 13.6 per cent to 9.4p after it emerged that specialist smaller company fund manager Aberforth Partners had acquired a 15.4 per cent stake in the medical diagnostics company....
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