Will Google ever be a healthcare company? The answer to that question appears to be "not really," based on the tenor of a recent interview between Larry Page and Sergey Brin and investor Vinod Khosla. In that conversation, Khosla hinted ...
In a development that is being hailed as a significant milestone in the field of in vitro fertilization, Auxogyn Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) has announced that its Eeva System test has received clearance from the FDA. The test is the first ...
Tags: Certification, Service, Health, Medicine, FDA
Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
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"Electronic cigarettes are good to quit smoking because nicotine dependence, to protect them." So the family physician Maria Martin -? "You all know that new forms of smoking" Rabadán is bluntly at the meeting, held on Thursday and ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarette, e Cigarette, e-Cigarette, Consumer Electronics
FDA's Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel has submitted a unanimous approval recommendation for C.R. Bard's Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) catheter. If FDA follows the recommendations ...
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Little Falls, NJ–based Cantel Medical Inc. appears to be doubling down on on its already burgeoning endoscope business with its latest acquisition. Cantel recently announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase ...
CareDx. which two weeks ago entered into an agreement to acquire ImmuMetrix Inc., has announced that it intends to make an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock with the intent of realizing $50 million. Brisbane, CA–based ...
As part of the ongoing process begun by the 2012 Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA III),FDA has released its Implementation Plan for Priority Recommendations. This plan is intended to improve the efficiency of the device submission ...
President of the Spanish Society of Pathology double Supervisor (EDPS), Dr. Nestor Szerman defended Wednesday by inhaling nicotine electronic cigarette as "effective treatment" for these patients because they help to counteract the side ...
FDA-approved Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM; Grand Rapids, MI) has announced that it has successfully closed a $9.8 million financing round. The privately held contract manufacturer provides manufacturing services for the aseptic ...
Covidien plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced that FDA has approved its Apollo Onyx delivery microcatheter, the first detachable-tip microcatheter available in the United States. The new microcatheter is designed to mitigate the technical ...
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"This is the first time a global pharmaceutical has made the move to putting invisible, edible barcodes on medication." [Wu Xi PharmaTech & TruTag Technologies] WuXi PharmaTech is a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D ...
If something could speak in favor of the electronic cigarette, their ability to act as a cessation aid for smokers. The electronic version of the traditional cigarette battery operated nicotine evaporation containing liquids. This ...
Consolidation in the clinical trials management software space recently took another step forward as the PharmaCM platform, along with substantially the rest of the assets of Deloitte Analytics LLC, became part of TrialScope Inc. ...