WATERLOO, IOWA, (February 17, 2016)—During their February meeting, VGM Group, Inc.’s board of directors voted unanimously to appoint Mike Mallaro to serve as the company’s new chief executive officer.
Mallaro will fill the role that was vacated with the sudden passing of VGM’s founder, Van G. Miller, this past October. Jim Walsh, VGM’s interim CEO, will transition to chairman of the board and continue to serve as general counsel.
SAN DIEGO (February 17, 2016)—GreatCall Inc., the leader in connected health for active aging, adds a new level of health and safety awareness for family caregivers with the launch of Link Check-Ins. Using simple, unobtrusive questions, caregivers are kept abreast of the family member’s wellbeing--giving them peace of mind and providing early warning to health issues.
A simple contraption to help the sick, frail and elderly get out of bed is set to take off on the lucrative American mobility aid market.
Allan Perriam worked as a nurse for 10 years in Australia where expensive hoists were used to lift patients off of beds.
“I just saw that as undermining the rehabilitation process and undermining the independence of the patient so I thought ‘there’s got to be a better way’,” he said.
Perriam set up his own company, Innovo Health Care, and moved to South Australia in 2014 to manufacture his simple device, the U-stand Frame.
RICHMOND, Va. (February 11, 2016)—Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for 25 years, announces the sale of All Metro Health Care (All Metro), a provider of home health care services, to One Equity Partners (OEP). Harris Williams & Co. served as the lead financial advisor to All Metro, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC (Nautic).
ST. LOUIS, (February 15, 2016)—Responsive Respiratory introduces a new oxygen solutions catalog for 2016.
ALACHUA, Fla., (February 15, 2016)—AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a medical technology company focused on the peripheral nerve repair market, will report results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015 on Monday, February 29, 2016 after the market closes.
PITTSBURGH, (February 15, 2016)—PSA Healthcare (PSA), a portfolio company of J.H. Whitney Capital Partners and leading provider of pediatric home care for children with medical complexities, recently announced that it has acquired Care Unlimited, Inc. and associated entities (collectively Care Unlimited), a leading provider of home care services to medically fragile children in western Pennsylvania.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (February 15, 2016)—Bill Pittman, DeRoyal's president and COO, has announced his plan to retire at the end of the first quarter of 2016, after a career spanning 32 years with the company. Pittman will take over the investment property portfolio that he and his father have developed under the brand Pittman Properties.
