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Stryker taps new medical chief
Stryker names Becton, Dickinson veteran Dr. Scott Bruder as its new chief medical officer.Stryker (NYSE:SYK) tapped Dr. Scott Bruder, a Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) veteran, to fill its newly...
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Medtronic asks court to strike insulin pump fraud case | MassDevice.com On Call
Medical device giant Medtronic asks a Massachusetts court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of off-label marking and Medicare fraud related to its insulin pumps.MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical...
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The costs of not-so-shared decision making
By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACCThis week's New England Journal of Medicine contains a perspective piece by Emily Oshima Lee, M.A., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. entitled "Shared Decision Making to...
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Earnings: Biomet sales up, losses widen in Q2
Privately held orthopedic medical device company Biomet said sales jumped 9% in Q2 but losses widen Orthopedic medical device maker Biomet said net losses increased dramatically during the 2nd quarter,...
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Zimmer regional chairman retires | Personnel Moves
Zimmer chairman of Europe, Middle East and Africa resigns from his role after 23 years with the company. Zimmer regional chairman resignsNews Well, Personnel, Personnel Movesread more
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Diabetes: GI Dynamics inks research deals with Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline
GI Dynamics lands research partnerships with Medtronic and GlaxoSmithKline, evaluating the relationship between EndoBarrier intestinal liner treatment and patient glucose levels and hormonal...
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Can Boston Scientific capitalize on St. Jude's challenges?
Boston Scientific CFO Jeffrey Capello says the medical device giant is looking to capitalize on the reliability of its ICD leads, especially in light of the "challenges" faced by an ICD...
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St. Jude Medical cops to Durata plant problems
St. Jude Medical admits to quality control problems at the plant that makes its Durata defibrillator leads in a letter to the FDA reviewed by the Wall Street Journal and says it's putting procedures in...
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Masimo slaps Mindray Medical with patent infringement, breach of contract...
Masimo Corp. accuses its erstwhile partner, Mindray Medical, of patent infringement and breach of contract.Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringementread more
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Whistleblower asks appeals court to revive lawsuit against Boston Scientific
The plaintiff in a whistleblower lawsuit against Boston Scientific over its Guidant subsidiary wants a federal appeals court to keep the case alive.Legal News, News Well, Cardiac Rhythm Managementread...
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NuVasive CEO Lukianov looks back, ahead
NuVasive chairman & CEO Alex Lukianov touts expectation-shattering preliminary figures for the company's 2012 sales and talks about integration and globalization as important drivers for the year...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for January 9, 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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Building a body, one organ chip at a time
It may not look like it, but it's a lung, just in chip form. By Tom UlrichThey don't look like much sitting in your hand. A few pieces of clear plastic, each smaller than an Altoids tin, with channels...
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Stryker focuses on expanding foreign sales
Medical device giant Stryker is looking to boost its non-U.S. sales figures with an overhaul of its European business and a growing focus on emerging markets.Medical device company Stryker (NYSE:SYK)...
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St. Jude defends Durata amid FDA warning at manufacturing facility
St. Jude Medical CEO Daniel Starks says the FDA's warnings of manufacturing deficiencies at a California plant are unrelated to the safety and reliability of the Durata defibrillator leads that are...
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Weight loss: GI Dynamics, W.L. Gore settle patent beef
GI Dynamics and W.L. Gore & Assoc. settle their long-standing patent beef over GID's EndoBarrier weight loss device.A long-running dispute between W.L Gore & Associates and GI Dynamics...
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EndoChoice's trifecta: A merger with Peer Medical, a $43M funding round and...
EndoChoice merges with Israeli endoscope maker Peer Medical, drums up a $43 million funding round and promptly acquires German endoscope maker RMS Endoskopie-Technik. In a flurry of moves starting last...
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Stents: Abbott starts Absorb clinical trial
Healthcare giant Abbott initiates the Absorb III clinical trial, evaluating its drug-eluting bioresorbable stent in patients with coronary artery disease.Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said it's begun its Absorb...
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Shire expands regenerative medicine biz with Lotus Tissue Repair acquisition
British pharma player Shire expands its regenerative medicine footprint with the acquisition of Lotus Tissue Repair, which focuses on the treatment of the genetic disease dystrophic epidermolysis...
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FDA clears InTouch Health's remote presence robot
InTouch Health lands FDA clearance for the RP-VITA remote presence robot developed with iRobot.Santa Barbara, Calif.-based InTouch Health said it won FDA clearance for its RP-VITA, touting it as the...
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