FFL Partners has announced it has completed a growth investment in Johnson County Clin-Trials (JCCT).

JCCT, based in Lenexa, Kan., is a clinical research site platform serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and contract research organizations. Founded in 2005, JCCT specializes in phase I–IV outpatient and inpatient clinical trials.

FFL, based in San Francisco,…

L Catterton has acquired Thorne HealthTech, according to a news release.

Thorne, founded in 1984 and based in New York, is a provider of at-home health tests and nutritional supplements.

L Catterton is paying $10.20 per share to acquire all outstanding shares of Thorne common stock in a transaction valued at approximately $680 million. Upon…

TPG has announced it will acquire a majority stake in Crowe Healthcare Consulting from Crowe LLP.

Crowe LLP, with its corporate headquarters in Chicago, is a global public accounting, consulting and technology firm. 

Following completion of the transaction, Crowe Healthcare Consulting will be rebranded as Kodiak Solutions. Crowe LLP will retain a minority ownership…

Jessica Thurmond and Monica Schmiede, co-CEOs and co-founders of Athelo Health — the first biometric-anchored virtual coach for women with breast and gynecologic cancers — join McGuireWoods partner Kristen McDermott Woodrum on this episode of Health+Tech. They discuss Athelo Health’s mission, how Athelo Health uses biometric data to support patients, and the role of…

The Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) is increasing its enforcement in the motor-vehicle-repossession space. In a January 17, 2023 Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD), the AG stated that it is “conducting an investigation” into “entities collecting, servicing and/or funding” motor-vehicle-secured retail-installment contracts. The AG is focused on two primary areas of compliance:

  • the content of the pre-sale and post-sale repossession notices and, in particular, that the notices include a statement that a customer’s deficiency after auctioning their vehicle would be based on the vehicle’s fair-market value; and
  • the frequency of phone calls to debtors and whether those calls exceed the limits prescribed by 940 CMR 7.04(1)(f).