Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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US-based medical technology company Medtronic has announced the randomization of the first patients in the SYMPLICITY HTN-4 clinical trial at Medical University of South Carolina, Piedmont Heart Institute and Duke University Medical Center. ...
Biodel, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced a long-term supply agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, for worldwide exclusive rights to the novel and proprietary BD Uniject SCF disposable ...
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CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide ...
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Medtronic, a medical technology company, has announced CE Mark approval in Europe and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) listing in Australia for its Symplicity Spyral catheter and Symplicity G3 radio frequency (RF) generator. ...
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Smith & Nephew, a medical technology company, has agreed to acquire the assets and business of Politec Saude relating to Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management products in Brazil. In 2013 Smith & Nephew announced its intention ...
The four partners BRAIN, the Hohenstein Institute, Kelheim Fibres and rkona, announce the formation of a new research alliance for the biotechnical production and modification of specialty alginates. The aim of the alliance is to establish ...
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Covalon Technologies, an advanced medical technologies company, will showcase new wound healing and infection management products at MEDICA medical technology trade fair, 20 November to 23 November in Dusseldorf, Germany. The latest ...
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The MedTech Industry's Premier Design Competition is now accepting entries. Proudly presented by UBM Canon and MD+DI , the Medical Design Excellence Awards program has provided market visibility to over 600 innovative medical products that ...
CIVCO Medical Solutions, a medical technology company, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EX3 stepper, which is used while performing real time planning for low dose rate (LDR) or high dose ...
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CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for CareFusion to acquire the Vital Signs division of GE Healthcare for $500m. With annual revenue of approximately $250m, Vital Signs is ...
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Medtronic, a US-based medical technology company, has announced that a German court has ordered the discontinuation, in its entirety, of a prior court ruling that prohibited the company from commercially marketing or selling the CoreValve ...
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Germany-based medical technology company MagForce has installed a NanoActivator at the University Hospital Munster. This NanoActivator has been installed at the University Hospital Munster as part of the preparations for the new ...
Tags: Glioblastoma study, NanoActivator, NanoTherm therapy, therapy
For many industries, innovation helps to drive down product prices. Over the past few decades, entry-level computers have decreased in price from thousands of dollars to only a few hundred. 1980 saw the debut of IBM's personal computer, ...
Medical device company EndoStim has announced that Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) approved its lower esophageal sphincter (LES) stimulation system for gastroesophageal reflux disease ...
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