dialysis

Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector - Part III (Overseas Investing)

Amber Walsh
February 21, 2012 17:15

As we round out our series on private equity investing in dialysis, we note an emergence in overseas dialysis investing by U.S. investors.   Our blog typically focuses on U.S. investing but can’t help but note the interest in overseas activity.  In particular, dialysis centers...

Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector - Part II

Amber Walsh
February 15, 2012 18:08

Part II of our series on private equity investing in dialysis discusses other dialysis companies backed by private equity and highlights some key considerations for investors and companies. Funded in 2000, U.S. Renal Care (USRC), is another dialysis company (generally considered an...

Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector - Part I

Amber Walsh
February 08, 2012 02:44

Private equity investors have been active in the dialysis sector for decades.   In Part I of this series on dialysis investments, we describe the recent emergence of three companies with private equity backing. First,  in 2010 Bain Capital Ventures and KRG Capital invested in Liberty...

FDA Updates Warning for Reclast

Kay Van Wey
October 11, 2011 17:11

(Image: m_bartosch / FreeDigitalPhotos.net) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update to the drug label for Reclast, an injection used to prevent or treat osteoporosis.  The new warning is in regards to the risk of renal failure. Reclast, generic name zoledronic acid, is a...

Medicare Fraud

Ray Mullman
August 16, 2011 12:55

The Sugar Land Sun out of Houston reported Kelvin Washington, the administrator at a Sugar Land nursing home, was arrested after a Houston grand jury charged him with conspiracy, health care fraud and violations of the anti-kickback statute.  Washington was arrested after...