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Boston Scientific Boosting Endoscopy Tech
Apr 7, 2015Marlborough, MA–based medical device company seeks to lead Endoscopic Ultrasound business with Xlumena purchase. Boston Scientific is spending an initial $62.5 million to acquire San Diego–based Xlumena and its Endoscopic ...
Tags: Xlumena purchase, delivery system, Medicine
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015
Jan 9, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015 The medical device tax is the issue that won’t go away. Elected officials and medical device companies began railing against Obamacare’s medical device tax ...
Tags: medical device tax, Health
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on January 8, 2015
Jan 9, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on January 8, 2015 Pete Nicholas, who co-founded Boston Scientific with John Abele in 1979, has announced that he intends to resign from the firm’s board of directors in 2017. ...
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Five Companies with The Most Stock Price Growth Over 2014
Dec 15, 2014Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health
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BSX Must Pay a Total of $26.7 Million to Four Injuerd Women
Nov 24, 2014Posted 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
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Intravascular Imaging May Just Have Become Easier for Boston Scientific iLAB Customers
Aug 14, 2014Intravascular imaging may just have become easier for Boston Scientific (Marlborough, MA) iLAB customers. The company has launched a more powerful imaging device that could also reduce confusing workflows, shorten procedure times, and ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on July 29, 2014
Aug 14, 2014Like the kid on the playground who watches others hop on and off the spinning merry-go-round, Boston Scientific says it will sit out the current whirl of medtech mergers. Following last week’s second-quarter earnings report, ...
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Medtronic Hasn't Slowed Down on Its Appetite for Using Apple Technology
Aug 14, 2014Medtech giant Medtronic apparently hasn't slowed down on its appetite for using Apple technology internally—even as the iconic tech company is signaling its interest to compete more actively in the healthcare market. Fridley, ...
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The Medtech Jobs Picture Looked Rosy in 2013
Aug 14, 2014The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
Tags: Medtech Jobs, Health, Medicine
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HeartWare Tapped a Former Boston Scientific Executive
Aug 14, 2014Implantable heart pump maker HeartWare International recently announced that it has tapped a former Boston Scientific executive as its new chief medical officer, effective September 1. Katrin Leadley, MD, was most recently chief medical ...
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The European Interventional Cardiology Report Covers Markets for Tissue Heart Valves
May 19, 2014Two new reports from iData Research cover the US market for vascular access devices and the European markets for cardiac surgery and heart valve devices. The European interventional cardiology report covers markets for tissue heart ...
Tags: Medtech Markets, US market
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Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries and Forms of Paralysis Have Reason to Be Optimistic
Apr 10, 2014Patients with spinal cord injuries and other forms of paralysis have reason to be optimistic, thanks to recent advances in the use of spinal-cord stimulator devices to regain some lower limb function. A recently announced study reporting ...
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Renal Denervation as a High Blood Pressure Treatment Is Looking Less Exciting by The Day
Jan 23, 2014Renal denervation as a high blood pressure treatment is looking less exciting by the day, with the latest bad news coming from Covidien. The Dublin, Ireland–based medical device giant said Tuesday that it will exit its OneShot renal ...
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Medtronic's Symplicity System Failed on Efficacy in a Pivotal U.S. Clinical Trial.
Jan 16, 2014Posted in Cardiovascular by Chris Newmarker on January 15, 2014 Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney remains optimistic about renal denervation and the company’s Vessix platform, even though Medtronic’s Symplicity system failed ...
Tags: Boston Scientific, Mike Mahoney, renal denervation, Vessix platform
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University of Minnesota Is Looking to Recruit Students for Master's Degree Program
Jan 9, 2014The University of Minnesota is looking to recruit students for its master's degree program in medical device innovation. The engineering-focused curriculum is designed to prepare students for careers in the medical device industry, which ...
