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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for July 30, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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Layoffs: Hologic confirms cuts following $3.7B Gen-Probe merger
Hologic will let go of 130 employees as it closes its a Wisconsin manufacturing facility over the next 24 months, a measure the company warned employees of prior to the $3.7 billion merger with...
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Aesthetics: Solta prices $15M offering as acquisition charges, losses swell...
Solta Medical prices a $15 million public offering to raise funds for general corporate purposes after the company incurs substantial charges tied to the $15 million acquisition of Liposonix. Solta...
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FDA releases June 2012 PMA approvals
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration releases a list of pre-market approvals granted in June 2012. Summary of PMA Originals & Supplements Approved Originals: 2 Supplements: 64 Summary of PMA...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for August 2, 2012
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R&D expenses clip Thoratec's profits, shares slide more than 6%
Shares of Thoratec Corp. lost more than 6% today after the medical device company said its 2nd-quarter profits were down nearly 5% on increased operating costs, largely from higher spending on...
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Breast cancer charity overstates mammogram benefits, researchers say |...
Researchers say breast cancer charity Susan G Komen for the Cure, "overstates the benefit of mammography and ignores harms altogether." MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for...
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Regulators in Singapore lower some medical device registration fees
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), the agency regulating the medical device market in Singapore, has lowered registration fees for its Special Authorization Routes...
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Smith & Nephew subsidiary names new chairman | Personnel Moves
Smith & Nephew subsidiary Durata Therapeutics named Richard de Schutter board chairman and independent director. Durata appoints new chairman and independent director News Well, Personnel,...
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Olympics: Does double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius have a chance at a medal?
In this video courtesy of the Associated Press, double amputee runner Oscar Pistorius discusses his chances of winning a medal at the London Olympics. Pistorious, who uses prosthetic legs made by...
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Olympics: Will Oscar Pistorius’ quest for the gold yield a victory for Össur?
When Olympic sprinter and double-amputee Oscar Pistorius takes the starting block in London for the individual 400-meter and 4x400 meter relay qualifying heats Saturday, medical device company Össur...
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HeartWare closes $8M World Heart buyout
HeartWare International closed its $8 million buyout of erstwhile rival Word Heart Corp. News Well, Cardiac Assist Devices, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beatread more
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Med-tech trends: The most talked about medical device companies for July 2012
MassDevice.com looks at the internet chatter surrounding the medical device industry with some of most searched-for companies of the last month. Click to enlarge. MassDevice.com looked at some of the...
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FDA: More scrutiny for surveilled scientist over blocked mammogram devices
Dr. Robert Smith, a member of the so-called "FDA 9" who were surveilled by the agency, finds himself again in the hot seat over challenges that he blocked new mammograms from the U.S. market during...
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UPDATED: California probes hospital accused of secret clinical trials with...
The California Health Dept. investigates a local hospital accused of using patients as "unwitting guinea pigs" for experimental Stryker bone-growth products. *Updated August 3, 2012, with a statement...
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Haemonetics closes $550M Pall blood biz buyout | Wall Street Beat
The Braintree, Mass.-based medical device company also reported fiscal 1st-quarter profits of $9.8 million, or 38¢ per share, on sales of $176.5 million during the 3 months ended June 30, for a...
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New House Act aims to expose all human clinical trials in public database
A quartet of House Democrats propose new legislation that would require all human clinical trials, including those conducted overseas, to be reported to ClinicalTrials.gov. A quartet of House...
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M&A: Smith & Nephew looks to make moves
British medical device company Smith & Nephew is still on the hunt for merger & acquisition deals. Smith & Nephew (FTSE:SN, NYSE:SNN) is on the hunt for buyout candidates, according to CEO...
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FDA vs. EPA: Congress weighs in on over-the-counter asthma inhaler ban
Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) delivered a statement of support for H.R. 6190, the Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012. The bill would allow existing inventory of Primatene Mist to be sold on the market,...
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FDA: Johnson & Johnson' new DePuy Synthes Spine division touts 1st win
Johnson & Johnson's newly formed DePuy Synthes Spine division comes out swinging, touting FDA clearance for a suite of scoliosis-correcting spine devices just weeks after the $19.7 billion merger....
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