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Medical Device Tax: IRS makes levy a reality with final guidance documents
The 2.3% medical device excise tax takes another step closer to reality with the release of guidance documents by the IRS.UPDATED at 2:59 p.m., with comment from Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) The U.S....
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Funding: SurgiQuest locks up $18.5 million
Milford, Conn.-based medical device maker SurgiQuest secures $7.5 million in a Series D round as well as an $11 million credit facility.SurgiQuest closed an $18.5 million Series D financing round,...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for December 5, 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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House bill calls for an FDA mobile medical health division | MassDevice.com...
House Representative Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduces a bill that would create an FDA office tasked with managing wireless health.MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Representative Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced a...
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The next generation of entrepreneurs
When I was 13 years old, the Altair 8800 appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics. By 16, I was building enough hardware and software that I achieved the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours of competency...
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Johnson & Johnson names CEO Gorsky chairman | Personnel Moves
Johnson & Johnson named CEO Alex Gorsky as the chairman of its board of directors. He will succeed current chairman Bill Weldon, who has been in the role for 41 years. Johnson & Johnson names...
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Mixed feelings for Covidien's Pipeline embolization device following deaths
Researchers have words of praise and warning for Covidien subsidiary eV3's Pipeline cerebral aneurysm device after several patients suffer from fatal brain bleeds post-treatment.Researchers offered...
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GPO: Novation awards new contract to Lighthouse Imaging
Group purchasing organization Novation touts new contract for Lighthouse's full line of endoscopic testing instruments.Lighthouse Imaging has signed a contract with group purchasing organization...
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What is the Med-Tech Veteran's Program?
A video highlighting the MedTech Veteran's Program, an industry led initiative to get more military veteran's involved in the medical device industry. Click here for more information on the MedTech...
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Survey: How optimistic are you that medical device tax will be repealed?
Tell us how optimistic/pessimistic you are that the medical device tax will be repealed.Now that the IRS has released it's final guidance on the upcoming medical device excise tax, we're about 3 weeks...
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FDA panel votes to down-class intra-aortic balloon pumps for some uses
The FDA's Circulatory System Devices Panal votes to relax some regulatory burdens for intra-aortic balloon pump devices in certain cases.The FDA's Circulatory System Devices Panel voted on Dec. 5 to...
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Endosense names new CFO | Personnel Moves
Endosense appoints the company's new CFO after the company announced the close of a $40.3 million Series C funding round in late November. Endosense names new CFO Endosense named Nicolas Marsault as...
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Invacare: We're passing the device tax onto the market
Medical device maker Invacare reports that it plans to pass on the estimated $1.5 million burden of the medical device tax onto its customers.Updated at 11:30 a.m. with additional comments from...
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Rep. Paulsen: Device tax hurts the medtech success story
The medical device tax taking effect in less than 1 month hurts the medtech "success story," House Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) says.The impending medical device tax may have dire consequences for the...
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Medical Device Tax: IRS shows (some) mercy to medical device companies
The IRS will waive penalties for the first 3 quarters of 2013 for medical device companies who do not make semi-monthly payments on time due to "reasonable cause."The IRS will waive penalties for late...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for December 6, 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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Medtronic's early dividend beats the fiscal cliff | MassDevice.com On Call
Medical device giant Medtronic releases an early dividend payment in efforts to get ahead of any tax impact changes as discussions resume over the fiscal cliff.MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical device titan...
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Medical device tax winners and losers - reactions to the long-awaited IRS...
Medical device legal analyst Kristian Werling breaks down the newly released IRS medical device tax codes - who's relieved, who's wary and what happens now?Click to enlarge.The medical device tax codes...
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Joint Australia-New Zealand medical device regulatory system closer to...
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