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Firefighters
Sep 11, 2023

NJ American Water marks 9/11 with $43K in first responder grants

“These brave men and women work selflessly and tirelessly to safeguard our communities, and we hope these funds will make that task a bit easier," said Mark Iannarella, New Jersey American Water’s director of health and safety – and a former volunteer firefighter with the Pennsauken Fire Department.

New Jersey Hospital Association President and CEO Cathy Bennett speaks with NJBIZ Editor Jeff Kanige on Aug. 30, 2023.
Sep 11, 2023

NJBIZ Conversations: Cathy Bennett

Cathy Bennett, the president and CEO of the New Jersey Hospital Association, recently spoke with NJBIZ about the challenges hospitals and other health care providers are facing and how the industry is evolving.

Health care
Sep 11, 2023

NJHA leader discusses changing business of health care

The COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but the fallout continues. So industry executives are working to make sure the system thrives.

Jill Massey, Gilead’s vice president, Global Medicine Strategy and Operations, said the company’s new facility in Parsippany-Troy Hills was designed to make returning to the office more attractive.
Sep 11, 2023

Gilead marks next chapter with new East Coast hub in Parsippany

Take a look around the facility – a major investment here in New Jersey at a critical time for the biopharmaceutical company.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) nurses – who are members of United Steelworkers Local 4-200 – hold a press conference and rally outside RWJUH in New Brunswick on Sept. 5, 2023. More than 1,700 nurses remain on the picket line as the situation remains unresolved and tense.
Sep 6, 2023

RWJUH nurses strike remains in bitter stalemate

Even with health benefits discontinued as of Sept. 1 for workers who have walked out, there are currently no upcoming bargaining sessions scheduled — with the last having occurred in mid-August.

University Hospital CEO and President Ed Jimenez and Grammy award winner Gloria Gaynor pose with one of her donations to the facility's Pediatric Department, during a Sept. 1, 2023, ceremony. - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Sep 6, 2023

‘I Will Survive’ singer Gaynor gifts art collection to University Hospital

Grammy award winner Gloria Gaynor donated a seven-part series of paintings by Thomas Kinkade, inspired by the Disney universe, which are now on display in the Pediatrics Department.

Telehealth
Sep 6, 2023

Maplewood telehealth startup selected for UHC’s accelerator

StationMD, which serves individuals with intellectual and/or development disabilities, was the only New Jersey company selected for UHC's fifth cohort.

A new program from Cooper University Health Care will provide tablets to military veterans who have difficulty getting to care at Cooper or Deborah Heart and Lung Center.
Sep 6, 2023

Cooper Health launches ‘Tablets for Veterans’

Funded by a $62,000 grant from the Federal Communications Commission, the program will provide 50 devices for three years and includes internet service.

Reblozyl is an anemia therapy being developed by Bristol Myers Squibb through a collaboration with Merck.
Sep 5, 2023

FDA grants expanded approval for Bristol Myers Squibb anemia therapy

“The approval of Reblozyl in the first-line treatment of anemia for patients with lower-risk MDS represents a crucial step in making transfusion independence possible for more patients," said Tracey Iraca, executive director of the MDS Foundation.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) nurses – who are members of United Steelworkers Local 4-200 – hold a press conference and rally outside RWJUH in New Brunswick on Sept. 5, 2023. More than 1,700 nurses remain on the picket line as the situation remains unresolved and tense.
Sep 5, 2023

On the scene: RWJUH nurses strike now in 2nd month

The union representing more than 1,700 workers held a rally and press conference Sept. 5 to call out what it says are unfair labor practices at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Catalent is a pharmaceutical company based in Somerset.
Sep 5, 2023

Catalent working to ‘right-size’ company

The Somerset-based pharmaceutical business has added four independent directors, launched a review committee and entered into a cooperation agreement with one of its largest investors.

Lung X-ray
Sep 1, 2023

Apps open for NJ American Lung Association’s 2024-25 funding cycle

Researchers can now submit grant applications with the potential to improve prevention, detection and treatment options for all lung diseases, including lung cancer.