Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
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Israel-based medical device company Brainsway has obtained an investigational device exemption (IDE) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a clinical trial for assessing the efficacy of its Deep TMS ...
AtriCure, a provider of Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) medical device, and Endoscopic Technologies, d/b/a Estech, have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AtriCure has agreed to acquire Estech. Under the agreement, AtriCure ...
Creganna-Tactx Medical, a global Top 10 provider of medical device outsourcing solutions, will showcase the expertise of its CaliforniaCenter of Excellence for Emerging Therapies at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...
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Earlier this month, Dick Cheney stated that the medical device tax may have killed him if it were in effect in the decades he struggled against heart disease. The former vice president received a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney is ...
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Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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Despite significant headwinds, several medtech companies flourished in the past year while several stumbled. Here are five of the most successful: DexCom, a glucose monitoring specialist, has seen the value of its stock nearly triple in ...
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Echo Therapeutics’ Symphony CGM system has won Medical Devices Business Review’s Medical Device Innovation Award. Echo's device was selected from four nominations shortlisted for the award. Symphony CGM system is a ...
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Advancis Medical, a UK-based manufacturer of advanced wound care products, has announced the opening of a new company in the Netherlands. Based in Kampen, the Netherlands, Advancis Medical Nederland will be run by healthcare executive, ...
The medical devices industry, already one of the most heavily regulated industries in the U.S., is confronting yet another complex rule – Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires SEC-listed companies to disclose the use of ...
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NuVasive, a medical device company, has announced the launch of its ALIF ACR (anterior lumbar interbody fusion – anterior column realignment) in the US. The ALIF ACR procedure leverages the clinical history of anterior lumbar ...
Unilife, a medical device and technology company, has announced the signing of an agreement with a global pharmaceutical company seeking to use the Unilife Ocu-ject ocular drug delivery system to deliver a target injectable therapy into the ...
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Mako Surgical, a medical device company, has announced that the company’s stockholders voted at a special meeting of stockholders held on 13 December 2013 to approve the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger providing for the ...
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St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval in Europe for its 25mm Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve implantation system. The Portico valve system offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ...
The budget deal that received overwhelmingly support from the House on Thursday includes language that would repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax. In addition, the deal would give FDA access to user fees paid by the device industry in ...
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