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Information technology

Taking an interest in medical education gaming, OSF Ventures invests in Level Ex | Medcity News

The investment branch of OSF Healthcare invested in medical gaming company Level Ex. This follows a $11 million series A round Level Ex raised in October 2017.

Pharmaceuticals

Why Merck is betting big on one cancer drug | The Wall Street Journal

Merck executives think there are more uses and sales to be had for its cancer drug Keytruda. In 2017, the drug hit $3.8 billion in sales, making up almost a tenth of Merk's revenue.

How CVS protects its Medicare drug records | Axios

A document tells pharmacies what to do if the federal government audits Part D records linked to CVS, including letting CVS look at the records before the government gets to them.

Medical devices

Device manufacturer Inogen reports data breach affecting 30K consumers | Fierce Healthcare

Hackers got into an Inogen employee email account in January and leaked 30,000 customers' information. The company makes portable oxygen devices.

In other news

It costs $7.3 million to keep Facebook's Zuckerberg safe | Quartz

Mark Zuckerberg's security expenses were up in 2017 from $4.9 million in 2016. Those expenses were 83% of his compensation in 2017, though technically, his salary is just $1.