"Ultimately, we are joining forces to deliver new treatment options for medical needs that are still unmet today,” Stefan Oelrich, member of the board of management and Pharmaceuticals Division president at Bayer AG, said in a statement.

The health care data and analytics provider is experiencing significant traction with enterprise clients, with bookings growth forecast to increase 300 percent this year.

Effective Aug. 19, Peter Dannenbaum will serve as vice president for the team, while Senior Vice President Teri Loxam will leave the company to take on the role of chief financial officer for SQZ Biotech.

Funding from the UWGC allows the Older Adults program to provide in-home and in-community support and expand its current services, which primarily address depression, anxiety, stress and coping.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders will receive $60.00 in cash for each share of common stock—representing a 47.1-percent premium to the Aug. 6 closing stock price and a 37.3 percent premium to the 60-day volume-weighted average closing price leading up to the announcement.

With funding from the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the National Cancer Institute, the multidisciplinary research center seeks to address the inequity of cancer prevention resources and practices in underserved communities.

The program allows clients to build interactive, data-driven mobile tools using real-world sources such as health care claims, costs, quality, outcomes and population information.

Addressing a rise in reported police suicides across the country, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal issued a directive implementing a first-in-the-nation, statewide program to train officers to be able to recover from difficulties, and to become better equipped to handle the daily stress of police work.

The measures establish a "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights," a Working Group on Deaf Education and require the Department of Education to develop a resource guide for parents.

Chirag Patel and Chintu Patel have been named co-chief executive officers, and Paul Meister was appointed to the board of directors as chairman.

Nearly a third of people 60 years and older polled reported a sedentary lifestyle, with 32 percent saying they do not exercise at all in a given week.

More than 60 proposals were received from across the United States with selected projects undergoing a scientific, peer-review demonstrating the potential for high-impact cancer research, as well as the utilization of new data analytics and acquisition tools.