The Anapol Schwartz personal injury law firm has announced that a $2.5bn proposed settlement was submitted for the DePuy Orthopaedics Articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implant litigation in a Toledo, Ohio federal court. The ...
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According to federal officials, the budget sequester and the government shutdown have drained approximately $85 million from the FDA's financial reserves. These reserves came from user fees that pharmaceutical and medical device companies ...
Let's say a large medical device company has developed a new computer heart simulator that the FDA thinks is acceptable for running tests--or a new clinical trial design in a cutting-edge field. In the past, a small, early-stage company ...
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A biomedical engineer is developing a clinical-grade open-source 12-lead ECG. The device includes support for Android devices and is designed to meet all relevant medical device manufacturing standards, like ISO 60601-1. According to early ...
US-based medical device company Unilife has signed a 15-year global supply contract with Hikma Pharmaceuticals for the use of Unifill prefilled syringes with a range of generic injectable drugs. Unilife will supply customized prefillable ...
A recent research report cites 10 medical device technologies with significant growth potential that are valued at roughly $454.3 billion. The technologies include: 1. Diagnostic imaging, including nuclear imaging, interventional ...
During this year’s BIOMEDevice exposition in San Jose, California, Secant Medical will be exhibiting its biomedical textiles engineering and novel biomaterial capabilities. The technical staff will be available at booth #633, December ...
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Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has reportedly negotiated a settlement that will bring an end to over 7,500 lawsuits from patients who received the company’s all-metal hip implants. For many of these patients, complications ...
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Faced with slumping sales, Solta Medical (Hayward, CA) may be looking for a suitor. The aesthetic medical device manufacturer may cut jobs or put itself up for sale in an effort to improve its finances. Solta focuses on devices for skin ...
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The FDA recently announced another Class I recall, this time in the cardiovascular space. The faulty products from Medtronic are guidewires with surface coatings that could potentially divide and detach. The Fridley, MN-based medical ...
Mobile cardiovascular health firm AliveCor (San Francisco, CA) has announced the debut of AliveInsights, a new service that enables patients to send ECG data generated by the company's heart monitors to cardiologists or cardiac technicians ...
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TauTona, a medical device firm, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a new patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the TauTona tissue injector (TTI), a hand-held adipose tissue ...
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Boston Scientific, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion torqueable microcatheter, designed to facilitate selective access and delivery of diagnostic, ...
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As part of a recently-launched health and wellness initiative, Arrow Transportation has ordered 55 Bose Ride System truck seats, with the intention of installing the seat in all 300 of its trucks if an extensive trial proves successful. ...
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