FDA to warn against smoking with graphic photos (Morning Read)

The Food and Drug Administration plans to whittle 36 graphic smoking warnings to nine and will seek the public’s input on the proposal of putting them on the front and back of every cigarette packet starting in October of 2012, according to U.S. News and World Report.

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Merge Healthcare’s stock tumbles on word of new offering

The Milwaukee health information technology company announced plans to sell up to 9 million shares for $3 each, sending its stock price plummeting.

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Increasingly healthy Merge Healthcare acquires Confirma

Its the second acquisition in as many months. In June, Merge announced its plans to acquire the North Carolina clinical trials software company etrials Worldwide, which completed in mid-July. Less than two weeks ago Merge reported second-quarter results in which it eked out a net income of $400,000 — an improvement over the $18.2 million loss over the same period last year. The company called the results — in particular its operating income of $4.1 million — the best results in three years.

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