Merge to buy MRI CAD software firm Confirma

Aug 6, 2009

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee announced today that it has reached an agreement to buy MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Confirma of Bellevue, WA, in a stock swap valued at $22 million.

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