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AdvaMed 2016 announces MedTech Innovator competition
Think your medical device company has some cutting-edge tech? You might want to consider entering the MedTech Innovator contest sponsored by the AdvaMed 2016 annual conference. The “virtual...
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Varian backs Phase III non-small cell lung cancer trial
Varian Medical (NYSE:VAR) said today it is supporting a Phase III clinical trial set to compare outcomes of radiosurgery against surgical resection for treating early-stage, high-risk operable...
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LifeBond wins CE Mark, FDA fast track for LifeSeal surgical sealant
LifeBond said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its LifeSeal surgical sealant for gastrointestinal resection procedures, and got on the fast track with the FDA for the...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for April 18, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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Cardica touts 1st US use of MicroCutter Xchange 30 after winning expanded...
Cardica (NSDQ:CRDC) said today its MicroCutter Xchange 30 surgical stapler designed for thoracic surgery procedures was used in the 1st U.S. in-human case after winning expanded 510(k) clearance in...
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InfuSystems picks up InfusAid assets
InfuSystem Holdings (NSDQ:INFU) said today it bought the infusion pumps assets of Philadelphia-based ambulatory infusion pump provider InfusAid for an undisclosed amount. Madison Heights, Mich.-based...
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Report: Sen. Durbin blasts Abbott over layoffs, separation agreement
Senator Dick Durbin (Ill.-D) is laying into Abbott (NYSE:ABT) after the company announced it’s laying off approximately 150 workers and sending their jobs overseas, according to The Chicago Tribune....
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Indian regulators to formally separate medical device and pharmaceutical rules
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued draft rules that establish registration and quality system requirements for medical devices and IVDs...
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Johnson & Johnson’s Q1 sales tick up
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) posted a slight increase in 1st-quarter sales in the face of headwinds from the strong dollar and Venezuela’s devaluation of the bolivar, but still managed to top Wall...
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Advanced Catheter Therapies inks deal with Toray Industries for peripheral...
Advanced Catheter Therapies said today that it inked a worldwide license deal with Toray Industries for the manufacture and sale of ACT’s Occlusion Perfusion Catheter for peripheral vascular stenosis...
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Layoffs for Baxter, Greatbatch’s Lake Region Medical in Colorado
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) and Greatbatch (NYSE:GB) subsidiary Lake Region Medical are laying off workers in Colorado, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice. Baxter, which is...
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FDA approves Avedro’s KXL eye treatment
Avedro said today that it won FDA approval for its KXL corneal cross-linking eye treatment and a pair of photo enhancers used with the procedure. The pre-market approval nod for Photrexa Viscous,...
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Viveve preps $12m offering ahead of NASDAQ uplisting
Viveve (OTC:VIVMD) said today that it’s planning to raise $11.5 million, having executed a 1-for-8 reverse stock split, as part of its uplisting from the over-the-counter exchange to the NASDAQ board....
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St. Jude expands EnSite Precision launch in EU, seeks FDA approval
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said today it is expanding its commercial release of its EnSite Precision cardiac mapping system in the European Union, and that it is currently pursuing FDA clearance of...
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Patient enrolled in InVivo Therapeutics trial succumbs to injuries
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) said today that the 8th patient enrolled in a clinical trial of its spinal scaffold succumbed to his injuries nearly 5 days after a severe car accident. The death...
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Materialise NV, Canon ink Japanese distro deal
Materialise (NSDQ:MTLS) said today it inked a distribution deal with Canon (NYSE:CAJ) Lifecare Solutions to distribute its Materialise Mimics Innovation software and care suits in Japan. Through the...
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RTI Surgical looks to fend off proxy challenge
RTI Surgical said today it it is distributing proxy material urging shareholders to “protect their investment” in RTI and fend of a proxy challenge from Krensavage Partners. In February, RTI surgical...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for April 19, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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CincyTech closes $31m fund
Seed stage investor and venture developer CincyTech said today it closed a $31 million funding round to support approximately 25 digital and life science companies in southwest Ohio over the next 3...
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Uganda’s only cancer treatment machine breaks, patients left waiting
(Reuters) – Thousands of cancer patients in Uganda will be left untreated for months after the nation’s only radiotherapy machine broke down, triggering public criticism about underfunding in the...
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