Posted in Contract Manufacturing Services by Qmed Staff on December 3, 2014 Medical device companies are increasingly turning to outsourcing companies with “one-stop shop” strategies, and the result might be a consolidation ...
Tags: healthcare budgets, Medical device, Health
Autocam Medical Autocam Medical Devices, LLC (Autocam Medical) announces the completion of its acquisition t of Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Southeastern Technology, Inc. (SET). Grand Rapids, MI, December 2, 2014– Autocam Medical ...
Tags: Southeastern Technology, Health
Resonetics Inc. Resonetics announces the0 opening a new manufacturing site in San Diego, California in the first quarter of 2015. NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 2, 2014 — Resonetics is pleased to announce that it will be opening a new ...
Posted in Medical Device Assembly by Chris Newmarker on December 2, 2014 Sometimes a fix for a problem really doesn’t entirely solve the problem. And that seems to be exactly what happened to Philips Healthcare’s ...
Tags: Medical Ventures, Health
Three down, two to go when it comes to major regulatory hurdles that Medtronic and Covidien need to clear for their proposed $43 billion merger. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Union and Canada’s Competition Bureau ...
Taiwan's medical equipment industry output value has already increased 5.4% on year in 2014 to NT$85.8 billion (US$2.78 billion), driven by demand for new and smart applications, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center ...
Tags: Medical Equipment, Medical Device
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on November 24, 2014 Stryker executives are once again examining a possible buy of London-based Smith & Nephew and its $4.4 billion-a-year medical device business, according to a ...
Tags: Medical Device Business, Health
Scapa Healthcare Scapa announces the launch of its new Healthcare focused website www.scapahealthcare.com The new site has extensive content dedicated to the Healthcare market place, including information on our range of Scapa Soft-Pro skin ...
Tags: Healthcare focused website, Health
Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on November 20, 2014 A federal jury in Miami has concluded that Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) must pay a total of $26.7 million to four women who claimed the company’s Pinnacle ...
Tags: Pinnacle pelvic, Medical Device, Health
Smith & Nephew plc has figuratively yanked the job-security bandage off 108 employees at its St. Petersburg, FL, wound-care plant. The company plans to close the factory and lay the workers off by January 9, according to a report in the ...
Tags: Job Cuts, Smith&Nephew, Health
A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on November 18, 2014 Irvine, CA–based Allergan has been adamant in fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for the past seven months. But ...
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Posted in Orthopedics by Nancy Crotti on November 18, 2014 Zimmer Holdings Inc. (ZMH) has agreed to extend the European Commission’s review of its pending $13.4-billion merger with Biomet, Inc. “by a limited number of ...
Expandable Software, Inc., the provider of enterprise software that helps growing manufacturers operate best-in-class business operations, announced today the release of its Electronic Data Transmission module providing a platform for ...
Pundits are again speculating about the future of the Affordable Care Act, more widely now referred to as Obamacare. Now that Republicans are poised to take over the Senate in January, while widening their control of the House, they are ...
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