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Insulet shares lift on Street-beating Q1
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) saw shares rise slightly in after-hours training after posting a Street-beating 1st quarter earnings report, despite seeing net losses increase from 2015. The diabetes-focused...
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Greatbatch Q1 meets the street on rev, misses EPS
Greatbatch (NYSE:GB) today released 1st quarter earnings mostly on target with the Street’s expectations while reiterating its full year revenue guidance. The Frisco, Texas based company reported...
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Alere rejected Abbott’s $50m offer to spike merger
Alere (NYSE:ALR) said yesterday that it rejected an offer from Abbott (NYSE:ABT) to pay up to $50 million to spike their pending, $5.8 billion merger, even as news broke of Abbott’s $25 billion bid for...
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A citizen-scientist’s quest for a smart pulse oximeter
When Sarah and Jon Morris’ twins were born nine weeks early, they embarked on a journey largely dictated by their children’s medical needs. While son Drew was thriving, daughter Emma was severely...
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Stryker pays $52m for Stanmore Implants
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today that paid $52 million (£35.6 million) in cash for SIW Holdings subsidiary Stanmore Implants, which makes medical devices for limb salvage in patients with orthopedic...
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Merit Medical looks to capitalize on rival Cook’s recall
Merit Medical (NSDQ:MMSI) chief Fred Lampropoulos said his company is ready to take advantage of the worldwide recall of rival Cook Medical‘s central catheter sets. The FDA in March slapped the Cook...
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Hill-Rom slides on Q2 revenues miss
Hill-Rom (NYSE:HRC) shares took a hit today after the company reported that fiscal 2nd-quarter sales missed expectations despite the contribution of new acquisition Welch Allyn. Chicago-based Hill-Rom...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for April 29, 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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Abbott + St. Jude Medical: What does it mean for med tech innovators?
By Amy Siegel, S2N Health We awoke yesterday to news of yet another med tech mega-merger, with acquisitive Abbott ponying up $25B for St. Jude Medical, even before the ink is dry on Abbott’s $6B...
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House bill would speed CMS reimbursement for breakthrough devices
A new bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives looks to speed up the timeframes for Medicare reimbursement coverage for breakthrough medical devices that have won FDA approval . The bill,...
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Medtronic, Masimo split win in PTAB decision
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) said this week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board delivered split a decision related to pulse oximetry technology patents owned by Masimo that were...
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Neovasc misses the Street with Q1 earnings, analysts remain positive
Neovasc (NSDQ:NVCN) today released 1st quarter 2016 earnings that fell short of the Street’s expectations in revenue and losses per share, though analysts remained optimistic about Tiara trial...
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Cardiac Insight raises $2.5m to support CardeaScreen
Cardiac Insight said today it closed a $2.5 million Series C funding round to support its CardeaScreen device and to finalize the development of a proprietary wearable sensor technology. The...
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New implant set to join fight against U.S. painkiller epidemic
(Reuters) – Two companies are on the cusp of taking a new treatment for opioid addiction to the U.S. market at a time when lawmakers are seeking ways to arrest an epidemic of heroin and painkiller...
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Singapore HSA fine-tuning good distribution practice for medical devices
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group Singapore’s medical device market regulator, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), is planning a new good distribution practice standard for medical devices that...
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EnteroMedics inks deal with VA distributor for Maestro anti-obesity device
EnteroMedics (NSDQ:ETRM) said today that it signed a distribution deal for its Maestro weight-loss device with Academy Medical, an orthopedic implant and wound care supplier to the U.S. Veterans...
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FDA approves afib-detecting Visia ICD from Medtronic
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said it won FDA approval for its Visia AF line of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, which are designed to detect and monitor atrial fibrillation symptoms. Fridley,...
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Medtronic wins FDA clearance for StrataMR valves
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today said it won FDA clearance for its StrataMR valves and shunts for patients with hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid conditions. The clearance allows the valves and shunts to...
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U.S. companies starting to see relief from pains of strong dollar
(Reuters) — The sluggish U.S. economy is proving to be a relief for U.S.-based companies struggling under the weight of the strong dollar and could lead to more positive earnings surprises in the weeks...
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Trust the Process
Merriam Webster defines a case study as a published report about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time; also : a situation in real life that can be looked at or studied to learn...
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