Dana-Farber Stuns Brigham's with Surprise Beth Israel Cancer Partnership After Lengthy Negotiations
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Dana-Farber stunned Brigham and Women's by announcing a new partnership with Beth Israel after 15 months of negotiations with Brigham's.
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Brigham's leaders were confident a deal was close and felt "thunderstruck" by the news of the Beth Israel partnership.
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The move shows the growing ambition of Beth Israel's CEO to build a lower-cost competitor to Mass General Brigham.
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Dana-Farber's CEO wants the cancer institute to have its own hospital and was concerned about consolidation with Brigham's.
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Brigham's is determined to build the "number one cancer program" and get even after being blindsided.