Healthcare & Biotech

Munich – September 15, 2026 -- Up to 3,000 registered pharmacists, pharmacy technicians (PTA) and pharmacy clerks (PKA) are set to attend the APOTHEKENTOUR in Munich on September 12-13, the event's second stop after Berlin drew more than 2,500 attendees and a 15% year-on-year increase in visitors.

Munich stop packs 170 talks and pharma-partner cases into one weekend

The Munich edition, powered by APOTHEKE ADHOC and PTA IN LOVE, will feature more than 170 lectures, several live talks and new product showcases connecting attendees directly with pharmaceutical industry partners. The event is scheduled deliberately the weekend before the Deutscher Apothekertag, where Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU) is expected to address the sector's political future.

Richmond, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- Donate Life America (DLA) has named Madison Walter-Garcia, MPH, CHES, as its next President & CEO, effective September 21, succeeding David Fleming after more than 30 years of leadership.

Walter-Garcia Brings Nearly a Decade of CDC Partnership Experience to DLA

Walter-Garcia spent nearly ten years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most recently as Associate Director for Partnerships in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. She built partnership programs from the ground up, cultivated relationships with more than 1,000 stakeholders, and led a gift portfolio through the CDC Foundation exceeding $30 million.

Hong Kong – September 15, 2026 -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 777) has agreed to fund a new "NetDragon Professorship in Medical Technology" at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), targeting research at the intersection of engineering and medicine.

NetDragon commits funding to back a distinguished HKUST engineering scholar

The professorship will be conferred on a scholar from HKUST's School of Engineering in recognition of research contributions, with the goal of accelerating breakthroughs in precision medicine and digital health. The signing ceremony took place on the HKUST campus, witnessed by HKUST President Prof. Nancy Ip and NetDragon Chairman and Executive Director Dr. Liu Dejian. The agreement was formally signed by Prof. Charles Ng, HKUST's Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, and Dr. Simon Leung, NetDragon's Vice Chairman and Executive Director.

Berlin – – September 15, 2026 -- The Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (BPI) will bring together four senior stakeholders from pharmacy, politics, health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry on September 16, 2026, to debate how prevention can be scaled across Germany's healthcare system.

BPI schedules prevention panel for expopharm networking breakfast

The discussion, titled "Prävention als Chance für unser Gesundheitssystem," takes place at 9:00 a.m. (doors open 8:30 a.m.) in Hall A3 of the pharmaworld area at expopharm, as part of the BPI's networking breakfast.

Pharmacist chamber pushes for pharmacies as broader health navigators

Franziska Scharpf, Vice President of the Bundesapothekerkammer, argues that pharmacies should expand their role as health navigators through screenings, pharmaceutical counseling, vaccination services and guided self-medication.

Linköping – September 15, 2026 -- Sectra has signed a contract extension to expand its Sectra One enterprise imaging solution from the Capital Region in Denmark to cover the whole of the newly formed Region Østdanmark, created by the merger of the Capital Region and Region Zealand.

Merged Danish region unifies imaging systems across eastern Denmark

Hospitals joining from Region Zealand will move onto the same cloud-delivered platform already running in the Capital Region, giving clinicians access to a patient's prior images regardless of which hospital performed the exam. The system will be used across all of the region's hospitals for reviewing and storing images in radiology, breast imaging, nuclear medicine and clinical physiology.

Hollywood, Fla. – September 15, 2026 -- Memorial Healthcare System has appointed Atif M. Hussein, M.D., as chief of Memorial Cancer Institute, capping more than 25 years of physician leadership at the South Florida cancer program.

Hussein built the institute from a handful of oncologists into a comprehensive cancer network

Recruited from Duke University more than two decades ago, Dr. Hussein joined Memorial when its oncology staff was minimal. He since expanded multidisciplinary care, clinical research and graduate medical education, while recruiting nationally recognized physicians to the program.

Concord, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- OnPoint Surgical's augmented reality navigation system placed pedicle screws with a positional error of 1.1 mm and an angular error of 1.3°, figures 2 to 5 times smaller than those reported for competing navigation and robotic platforms, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Spine Surgery.

Cincinnati – September 15, 2026 -- Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) has launched Anatool, a digital clinical support tool designed to standardize anaphylaxis recognition and treatment at the point of care for emergency physicians, paramedics, nurses and allergists.

Tool translates international consensus report into bedside guidance

Developed with Tim Dribin, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's, Anatool is built on recommendations from a landmark international consensus report on anaphylaxis published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dribin co-chaired that report with Hugh Sampson, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Antonella Muraro, PhD, of the University of Padua.

Southern Pines, N.C. – September 15, 2026 -- DisposeRx, Inc. has launched a new monthly editorial series, the DisposeRx Medication Stewardship Center, aimed at reshaping how healthcare providers, pharmacists and caregivers manage the end stage of a prescription's life cycle.

DisposeRx CEO frames disposal as a patient safety issue, not just an environmental one

"This is not simply a conversation about medication disposal. It is a conversation about Medication Safety and completing the prescription journey," said William Simpson, CEO of DisposeRx. He said the starting point for the discussion is the household medicine cabinet, where unused prescriptions commonly accumulate.

Brentwood, Tenn. – September 15, 2026 -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) disclosed its occupancy performance for August 2026, covering a portfolio capable of serving approximately 45,000 residents.

Brookdale operates 532 senior living communities across 41 states as of August 31, 2026

The Brentwood, Tennessee-based operator confirmed its network size in the filing, spanning independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities. The company did not disclose specific occupancy percentage figures in the material reviewed for this report.

Brookdale shares trade on the NYSE under ticker BKD

The disclosure forms part of Brookdale's routine monthly reporting cadence to investors tracking senior housing demand trends.