The UK healthcare organizations will have to invest around £294m between 2013 and 2015 to replace outdated diagnostic equipment alone, says study. Demand for healthcare services and expectations of healthcare quality are rising ...
US- based St. Jude Medical has acquired Endosense, a Switzerland-based company for a purchase price of $170m (CHF159m) up-front plus the potential for up to $161m (CHF150m) in subsequent milestone payments. While the acquisition is ...
Facing a slight downturn in the overall market, Medical technology provider Carl Zeiss Meditec AG raised its revenue by 2.9 percent to EUR 649 million (previous year: EUR 630.8 million) in the first nine months of financial year 2011/2012. ...
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Medtronic has submitted its first pre-market approval (PMA) module to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IN.PACT Admiral drug-eluting balloon designed to treat atherosclerotic lesions in the superficial femoral artery ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical technology company, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters designed to treat specific irregular heartbeats. Utah Valley ...
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has approved the proposed acquisition of the Swedish dialysis equipment manufacturer Gambro by Baxter International for $4 bn. Under the terms of the conditional approval, the company is supposed to sell ...
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Plansee uses the creep-resistant tungsten material WVM to manufacture heaters for sapphire growth. These have more than twice the service life of conventional tungsten heaters. Sapphire growth takes place at high temperatures of ...
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Medical technology provider Vidacare Corporation is planning to launch its single needle vascular access system called TALON (tactically advanced lifesaving intraosseous needle) for military personnel. TALON system provides combat life ...
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WEB Biotechnology, a Singapore based medical technology company, has received CE certification for its cloud-based continuous ECG monitor called the Spyder. It is claimed to the first cloud-based continuous ECG monitor available in the ...
Kinetic Concepts, a US-based medical technology company, has inked an agreement to acquire Systagenix, a UK-based firm that provides advanced wound care (AWC) products, for $485m. The merger is expected to boost KCI's position as wound ...
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US-based medical technology provider Boston Scientific has commenced a clinical trial to evaluate whether occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) using the Precision System can safely and effectively treat chronic migraine when used in ...
Elekta, a Sweden-based medical technology company, has received CE Mark for its Clarity 4D Monitoring system. 4D monitoring offers continuous tracking of the prostate and imaging of the surrounding anatomy, including the bladder, rectum ...
US-based Aquavit Pharmaceuticals has inked a definitive licensing agreement with U-Bio Med, a South Korea-based medical technology device firm, for the global commercialization of its microneedle device technology. The agreement offers ...
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BD Diagnostics and Diagenode have jointly announced the Europe-only launch of a new real-time Diagenode Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kit for use on the BD MAX System. Timely detection of ...
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Medical technology company Kinetic Concepts (KCI) has initiated patient enrollment in a multi-center clinical study that will assess the advantages of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with intermittent instillation therapy with a ...
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