Jones, your opening testimony was touched upon where china is north koreas last remaining patron. What would happen if china joined us in the sanctions if were just thinking through and really did cut north korea off . How would north korea respond . Well, china has said that they support fully United Nations sanctions and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take unprecedented action in that direction, signalling to north korea they will pay a price if they dont come around in particular on the nuclear issue. This is why when we talk to the chinese we try to talk about how we can work in concert to bring pressure on tnorth korea in a surgical way. Were going to keep at that because we think increasingly the core chinese interests in stability on the Korean Peninsula and our core interest in security that these are converging concerns. And we are seeing signs for the first time in decades that the chinese also recognize this that their stability will be af
Dive Brief:
Ciox Health and Datavant are merging in a deal valuing the combined health data companies at $7 billion, the latest in a string of mergers meant to unite siloed data in healthcare.
The combined company, called Datavant, will facilitate data exchange across a network of thousands of hospitals and clinics, and bring in annual revenue of $700 million, according to the Wednesday announcement.
The merger, expected to close in the third quarter, could pave the way for an initial public offering in the future, unnamed sources close to the deal told Bloomberg.
Dive Insight:
Real-world health data company Datavant and health record IT firm Ciox Health say combining forces will result in the largest health data ecosystem in the U.S., making patient-level medical information more widely accessible to doctors and researchers.