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Researchers at UCSF Medical Center started enrolling patients in an early-stage adult stem cell therapy, developed by Osiris Therapeutics Inc., for first-time heart attack patients.

More than a week after Norton Healthcare Inc. and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky began face-to-face discussions in efforts to settle a months-long dispute, the companies continue to work toward reaching an agreement, an official for Norton said Thursday.

Former InterMune CEO Scott Harkonen was convicted on charges of wire fraud and felony for his role in creating and distributing false and misleading information about the Brisbane company’s drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare has reached an agreement to sell its original hospital campus, at 401 E. 20th St. in Covington, to a group of investors.

Grants from foundations and other donors can make a real difference when strong partnerships with nonprofits are formed, according to a report out Wednesday from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.