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Faculty members in the Indiana University School of Medicine's department of ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology have received grants for vision research initiatives, according to a news release.

Becton, Dickinson and Co. has announced it has completed its acquisition of Safety Syringes, according to a news release.

Covidien has announced it will acquire CV Ingenuity, according to a news release.

Invacare Corp. has announced it will sell Invacare Supply Group to AssuraMed, according to a news release.

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, has reached an agreement to acquire Lewis Clark Gastroenterology in Lewiston, according to a Talk Radio 950 KOZE-AM report.

Gastroenterologist Puneet S. Basi, MD, has joined the Susquehanna Health Digestive Disease Center in Williamsport, Pa., according to a news release.

Gastroenterologist Ralph Camacho, MD, will retire this week, according to a PleasantonWeekly.com report.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that patients, particularly men, who have fibromyalgia symptoms, are unlikely to have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

Stimwave Technologies in Scottsdale, Ariz., will join BioInspire in Peoria, Ariz., according to an AZ Central report.

The following 12 settlements involved alleged False Claims Act violations, exceeded $1 million and were reached by hospitals and/or health systems within the past year. Settlements are arranged in descending dollar value.