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Lab models drug-eluting polymer beads in blood flow
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield developed a method to predict how drug-eluting polymer beads can affect the body if they are modified. The UK team published their work in the European...
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Medicare revokes Alere’s Arriva division enrollment
Alere‘s (NYSE:ALR) Arriva division had its enrollment with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services revoked this month, the company said today in a regulatory filing. Arriva, which develops...
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Mako Surgical co-founder’s startup Magic Leap raised $1.4B for ‘mixed...
Mako Surgical co-founder Rony Abovitz has raised $1.4 billion for his newest venture, Magic Leap, a company focused on developing novel augmented reality that could find its way to the operating room....
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for November 4, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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SanBio touts 1-year data on stem cell transplant for stroke
SanBio Inc. (TYO:4592) released 1-year interim data from the phase 1/2a, open-label, single-arm dose escalation study of its intracerebral stem cell implant designed for stroke patients. The Mountain...
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Analogic CEO Green steps away | Personnel Moves Nov 4, 2016
Analogic (NSDQ:ALOG) said late last month its prez and CEO James Green has stepped away from his position to pursue other opportunities. Company director and former Enovate Medical exec chair and CEO...
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Hemodialysis dev InnAVasc raises $2.2m
InnAVasc Medical said it raised $2.15 million in a new round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing posted today . InnAVasc is developing devices designed for vascular access during...
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Reshaped Philips targets higher sales and improved margins
(Reuters) – Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG), the healthcare equipment and services company, said it expects 4-6% sales growth and a 1% improvement in margins annually over the next few years. The mid-term...
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Update on Brazil’s new ownership transfer rules for medical device registrants
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group EMERGO SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS: ANVISA has clarified its ownership transfer rules for corporate operations such as mergers and incorporations of companies registered to...
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Medtronic joins Masimo CEO Kiani’s Patient Safety Foundation, pledges $5m
Despite being rivals in the blood oxygen diagnostic fields, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said it is joining Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) CEO Joe Kiani’s Patient Safety Movement Foundation with a $5 million, 5-year...
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Boston Scientific, University of Alabama settle CRM patent spat
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and the University of Alabama settled a patent dispute over cardiac rhythm management technology. The spat spans back to 2014, when the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
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CMS acting chief Slavitt slams drug pricing
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services acting chief Andy Slavitt admonished pharma companies like Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) over unsustainable price increases before the Biopharma Congress in Washington...
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Abbott wins Japanese approval for Absorb
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today it won approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its Absorb bioresorbable heart stent, touting it as the 1st fully dissolving heart stent...
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Propeller wins FDA nod for connected GSK Ellipta inhaler
Propeller Health said today that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its Propeller platform with GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) Ellipta inhaler. A sensor for the dry powder inhaler was built...
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St. Jude wins CE Mark for MRI safe labeling for Quadra CRT-P
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union to add magnetic resonance imaging conditional labeling to its Quadra Allure MP cardiac resynchonization therapy...
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PAVmed partners with Boston institutions for antibiotic-eluting ear device
PAVmed Inc. (NSDQ:PAVMU) said today that it inked an exclusive licensing agreement with academic institutions to develop and commercialize antibiotic-eluting resorbable ear tubes based on an aqueous...
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Medical device tax rears its head in more Congressional races
Despite not getting much coverage during the U.S. presidential race, the Medical Device tax has become a hot topic for a handful of Congressional races across the country. The 2.3% medical device tax,...
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Clinton Foundation emails link BD with Russian program
A recently uncovered batch of emails related to the Clinton Foundation indicate that the group sought aid from medtech firm Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) in helping the Russian Ministry of...
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First patient receives Pixium bionic vision implant
Pixium Vision (EPA:PIX) said today that the 1st patient in the UK was implanted with its IRIS II bionic vision system. The epi-retinal implant has 150 electrodes and a bio-inspired camera intended for...
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Flamel Technologies tops Q3 revenue, EPS estimate
Shares in Flamel Technologies (NSDQ:FLML) rose today after the pharmaceutical company met expectations on Wall Street with its 3rd quarter results. The Venissieux, France-based company posted a loss of...
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