The University of Cincinnati, Jewish Health System, and Fort Hamilton Hospital and Healthcare Corp. have hammered out an agreement that completes the long-anticipated acquisition of Jewish Hospital by Mercy Health Partners, and leaves the university the sole member of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health, both based in Cincinnati, had hoped [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Johnson & Johnson, accusing it of paying Omnicare Inc. in Covington, Ky., millions of dollars in kickbacks to buy and recommend J&J’s drugs for patients in nursing homes.

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine has launched an early stage cancer drug development program and phase-1 clinical trials unit for patients who have solid tumors that have resisted cancer therapies.

University of Cincinnati laryngologist Dr. Sid Khosla and other researchers will use a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue interdisciplinary partnerships studying the causes of severe voice disorders and the most effective ways to treat them.

Cuyahoga County is close to a land deal that could keep a proposed medical mart off Cleveland’s downtown Mall.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has weighed in on the proposed merger of Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health Partners. Cordray’s plea: Please wait two months, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Cordray wants to give mediation between Jewish Hospital and University Hospital — both members of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati — a chance to save the alliance.