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Derma Sciences closes $80m deal for BioD
Derma Sciences (NSDQ:DSCI) said yesterday that it closed its acquisition of regenerative allograft maker BioD in a deal worth up to $78 million, including milestones and earn-outs. Princeton,...
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Details emerge on Apple’s new health wearable
New details on the new health wearable Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is said to be developing emerged yesterday when the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office released a patent application for a wrist- or ankle-worn...
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Fractyl touts 1st-in-human data, grabs ex-GI Dynamics medical chief Maggs
Fractyl Laboratories today touted the publication of 1st-in-human data from a trial of its Revita duodenal mucosal resurfacing device and said it picked up former GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) medical chief...
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Dutch coating supplier’s recall gives Cook Medical another headache
A Dutch supplier’s recall led to another headache for Cook Medical, already scrambling to recover from a massive catheter recall, when it prompted a partial recall of a wire guide used during...
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Bonesupport wins FDA nod for Cerament G trial
Bonesupport said it won an investigational device exemption for the Fortify clinical trial of its next-generation Cerament G injectable antibiotic-eluting bone substitute. Cerament G product is an...
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Seno Medical grabs ex-CeloNova CFO Davis | Personnel Moves August 12, 2016
Seno Medical grabs ex-CeloNova CFO Davis Seno Medical Instuments said this week it tapped former CeloNova BioSciences chief financial officer Eric Davis to take over the CFO role at Seno Medical. Prior...
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Pursuit Vascular raises $2.1m
Pursuit Vascular has raised $2.1 million in a new round of debt financing, according to an SEC filing posted today. Maple Grove, Minn.-based Pursuit Vascular produces the ClearGueard HD end caps for...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 12, 2016
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Lantheus deals Australian radiopharmacy supply biz to GMS
Lantheus Medical Imaging (NSDQ:LNTH) said yesterday it is selling its Australian radiopharmacy servicing business to Global Medical Solutions. As part of the deal, Lantheus and GMS entered into a...
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TAVR: Study shows benefit of Claret Medical’s Sentinel cerebral protection...
A study released this week reported that the use of Claret Medical‘s cerebral protection device during transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures in patients with severe aortic stenosis can...
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Texas Medical Centers adds 11 medtech startups to incubator
The Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute on Wednesday announced the addition of 11 startups specifically focused on medical devices, a 1st for the incubator, as part of its TMCx program. As part...
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Making continuous improvements in the combination products program: The...
By: Thinh Nguyen and Rachel E. Sherman, M.D., M.P.H. One question that sponsors often ask FDA is whether their medical product will be regulated as a drug, a device, a biologic, or as a combination...
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Mazor X unveiling triggers another $20m from Medtronic
Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) said today that the unveiling last month of its Mazor X robot-assisted spine surgery platform triggered the 2nd step in a 3-stage equity deal with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT)....
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Jury signals deadlock in ex-banker’s insider trading trial
The jury deliberating over insider trading charges, leveled at an investment banker based on a quintet of medical device and life science acquisitions, reportedly told a federal judge last week that...
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FDA approves Intuity Elite rapid valve from Edwards Lifesciences
The FDA approved the Intuity Elite rapid deployment replacement aortic valve made by Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW). Irvine, Calif.-based Edwards said the Intuity Elite valve is designed to create more...
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Zimmer Biomet acquires CD Diagnostics
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that it paid an unspecified amount to acquire CD Diagnostics and its line of immunoassay and biomarker products. Four years ago, the duo inked a pact that led to the...
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NN Precision Engineered Products Group certifies additive manufacturing...
NN Precision Engineered Products Group (PEP), a global manufacturer of highly engineered precision customized solutions serving the medical market, announced it has completed the validation and...
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KKR, TPG, Goldman close near $1b sales of Zimmer Biomet
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG Global and Goldman Sachs said last week they closed the sale of nearly $1 billion worth of Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) shares. The groups sold a total of 7.4 million...
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FDA approves BioSense Webster’s Thermocool SmartTouch catheter
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Biosense Webster said today it won FDA premarket approval for its Thermocool SmartTouch SF catheter designed for ablation procedures. The Diamond Bar,...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 15, 2016
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