According to Leapfrog, 55 of 69 hospitals graded received an A or B grade (80 percent) – 5.6 percent lower than last round.

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom is leading an investigation of the co-prescription of the drugs as it relates to veteran overdoses and deaths.

Film has its Oscars, music the Grammys. Here in the Garden State, we close out the year, and our awards season, with the Business of the Year Awards.

The Princeton-based division of Novartis said Ziextenzo makes it the first and only company to offer physicians in the U.S. the choice between a long- and short-acting biosimilar filgrastim treatment.

The VNA of Somerset Hills and Atlantic Home Care and Hospice will join to create a new organization.

The funding will support the Northeastern NJ Recovery and Individualized Support Expansion program, designed to expand comprehensive treatment, care coordination, community outreach and recovery support for adolescents and those ages 14-30 who are coping with substance use or co-occurring mental health disorders.

The Partnership to Invest in Transformative Community Health program is a newly established, $5 million loan fund designed to help develop quality, affordable homes and community health facilities in low‐income communities across New Jersey.

The approval is the final step toward the company's complete transition to quadrivalent influenza boosters in the U.S. Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent will be made available for immunization efforts during the 2020-2021 influenza season.

"The purchase of the Lincolnton plant expands Cosette's capabilities into new dosage forms while simultaneously allowing us to enter a new business vertical that complements our overall growth strategy," said Walt Kaczmarek, president and CEO of the Bridgewater-based buyer.

The funding marks an approximately 5 percent increase over the previous five-year period, and will cover ongoing operations and expand the reach of the world’s only open-access, digital data resource for the 3-D biomolecular structures of life.

Services offered at the outpatient facility include physical, occupational and speech therapies, with several specialized programs.