Salamtex, a textile manufacturing company in Egypt, has created a groundbreaking anti-microbial textile named ‘Guard Textiles’ providing protection against the transmission of infection in health care facilities, according to ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...
Since 1985, Nelson Laboratories has partnered with the best companies in the world to improve the quality of life by bringing life-enhancing products to market. The advancements in medical technology over the last 30 years are ...
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Teleflex Medical OEM Wayne, PA Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in medical suture and fiber technology, announces a portfolio of highly-specialized capabilities for delivering innovative, fiber-based solutions to medical device ...
Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter medical device sales fell by 4.7%, to $6.6 billion, with the biggest drop (7.7%) in the U.S., the company announced this week. Total fourth-quarter sales were down 0.6% year-over-year, to $18.3 ...
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The second patient implanted with a Carmat artificial heart has gone home, opening the way for others enrolled in the French company’s clinical trial to receive the devices. Carmat designed its self-regulated, bioprosthetic heart as ...
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Google Glass freaked out some regular folks who feared for their privacy. Many were unsure about the practical applications for a wearable Android computer with an optical head-mounted display.Others were simply baffled at the price of ...
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The EnterMedics Maestro Rechargeable System weight loss treatment device is effective although scientists are unclear why. The FDA has approved the first weight-loss device since 2007, giving obese adults an alternative to dieting and ...
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 14, 2015 Hill-Rom—the dominant player in the U.S. hospital bed market—is facing a federal lawsuit in western Texas that alleges that the company has used its ...
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Amedica Corp. has laid off 25 employees, representing approximately 28% of its workforce. The move was part of a “comprehensive business review” that also includes deep cuts to corporate overhead and operational costs. The ...
Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
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Teleflex Medical OEM Teleflex Medical OEM announces the launch of a dramatically redesigned version of its website. Wayne, PA Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in medical product development and manufacturing, announces the launch ...
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The 2015 International CES® kicks off today poised to be a record-breaking show with more than 3,600 exhibitors across the largest show floor in history with more than 2.2 million net square feet of exhibit space, breaking last ...
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Stryker Corp. has purchased a Canadian hospital bed company for an undisclosed sum. Kalamazoo, MI–based Stryker announced it has acquired CHG Corp. (London, Ontario) for an undisclosed sum. CHG designs and manufactures low-height ...
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