McKesson acquires health-IT firm Awarix
Awarix, a Birmingham, Ala., developer of patient-care IT systems, agreed to sell itself to healthcare-system giant McKesson for an undisclosed amount. Awarix develops “patient-care visibility systems,” which track the location and status of hospital patients via ultrasound and RFID tags. The company raised $3 million last year from New Capital Partners, Waveland NCP Alabama Ventures, Stonehenge Capital Fund Alabama, and Advantage Capital Alabama Partners.
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David Hamilton has been writing for VentureBeat LifeScience since April 2007. He formerly spent 14 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in its San Francisco and Tokyo bureaus. Prior to that, he spent several years as a reporter at Science Magazine and as a reporter/researcher for the New Republic, both in Washington.
