WakeMed has been exploring a merger with Atrium Health for several years, and the prospect of greater competition in the Triangle — and the deep pockets of its proposed partner — was worth bypassing a ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Commissioners postponed merger vote for 90 days to allow public feedback. WakeMed says merger documents reviewed by commissioners ...

A look at the construction progress at Atrium Health’s 12-story main bed tower on the Carolinas Medical Center campus in Charlotte. Melissa Key/CBJ To continue ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on May 8, 2026, with information from the N.C. Attorney General’s office. Atrium Health has begun notifying several thousand patients in the Charlotte region ...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals announced on May 1 plans to combine into a single health system, which the organizations said involves a $2 ...

The Wake County Board of Commissioners plans to vote Monday to alter WakeMed's articles of incorporation and a land deal between the county and hospital system to pave the way for a merger with ...

Atrium Health plans to take control of WakeMed in a deal that could bring at least $2 billion in new investment to Wake County, documents filed with Wake County indicate. It also lets Atrium grow its ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- WakeMed could soon be part of Atrium Health in Charlotte. The announcement was made on Friday afternoon in a news release. WakeMed says pending all applicable approvals, ...

Kathleen Gallagher is chief executive of Atrium, which is developing siRNA therapies for genetic cardiomyopathies. As Novartis completed its $12 billion takeover of Avidity, a new cardiology-focused ...

When Novartis agreed to buy RNA therapies developer Avidity Biosciences last fall, the companies said the plan was to spin out Avidity’s cardiology assets into a separate, publicly traded company.

A new biotech has taken flight as a result of Novartis’ red-hot $12 billion acquisition of muscular dystrophy specialist Avidity Biosciences. A spinout planned since that deal’s October announcement ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist now owns the property where it plans to build a new freestanding emergency department in north Greensboro. According to records filed with the ...