Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging technique
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| July 2024 | Acquired the clinical artificial intelligence business from Intelligent Ultrasound for $51 million. |
| 2023 | The company received 42% of its revenue from the United States and 13% from China, highlighting its significant market presence in these regions. |
| February 2023 | Acquired Caption Health, an artificial intelligence medical technology manufacturer in San Mateo, California, for $150 million. |
| January 2023 | GE completed the corporate spin-off of GE HealthCare, establishing it as an independent company. |
| May 2022 | General Electric formed GE HealthCare to own its healthcare division, initiating the corporate restructuring process. |
| December 2021 | Acquired BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for $1.45 billion. |
| May 2021 | Acquired Zionexa, focused on biomarkers for breast cancer detection. |
| January 2021 | Acquired Prismatic Sensors AB, focused on Deep Silicon detector technology. |
| 2020 | A study revealed that Clariscan, another MRI dye, was retained more in rat brain and organ tissues compared to Dotarem, potentially due to differences in gadolinium ion chelation processes. |
| April 2018 | Sold several healthcare information technology assets to Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion. |
| 2017 | GE Healthcare opposed the European Medicines Agency (EMA) suspension of Omniscan and other linear agents, despite evidence of high cytotoxicity and potential dissociation after deposition. |
| October 2017 | GE HealthCare's cloud-based imaging system for the East Midlands Radiology Consortium was reported as malfunctioning, forcing hospitals to physically transport medical images by taxi due to system unreliability. |
| January 2016 | The Independent reported that GE HealthCare received £1.6 million in tax benefits over the previous 12 years, while paying only £250,000 in taxes, which represented just 1.7% of its £14.3 million profit in the UK. |
| 2011 | GE HealthCare agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations of overbilling Medicare through its Amersham Health acquisition. The settlement involved fraudulent billing practices for Myoview, where healthcare providers were billing Medicare multiple times for the same product by maximizing vial usage. A whistleblower received $5.1 million from the settlement. |
| March 2010 | Acquired MedPlexus and offered first electronic medical record product in a software-as-a-service platform. |
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