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Kentucky joins Calif., Wash. state in suing J&J’s Ethicon over pelvic mesh
Kentucky joined California and Washington state in suing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon over its pelvic mesh products, accusing the company of deceptively marketing its treatments...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 18, 2016
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Northwestern Memorial joins InVivo Therapeutics neuro-spinal scaffold trial
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) said today that Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the 23rd site to join the clinical trial of its neuro-spinal scaffold. “Chicago, as with other major...
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FDA expands indication for Sapien XT, Sapien 3 valves from Edwards Lifesciences
The FDA said today that approved an expanded indication for the Sapien XT and Sapien 3 replacement heart valves for intermediate-risk patients. Previously, the transcatheter aortic valve replacements...
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SeaSpine acquisition of NLT Spine could be worth $53m
SeaSpine (NSDQ:SPNE) said yesterday that it agreed to acquire Israeli firm NLT Spine in a deal that could wind up being worth $52.5 million. Kfar Saba, Israel-based NLT makes a line of minimally...
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Confluent Medical Technologies acquires EME Medical’s textile, polymer...
Confluent Medical Technologies, formed last year when Nitinol Devices & Components acquired Interface Catheter Solutions, last week said it closed another buyout for an unspecified amount. Get the...
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Toshiba Medical Systems enters the race for Takeda’s chemicals subsidiary
Toshiba Medical Systems, the medical device business Toshiba (TYO:6502) is selling to Canon (NYSE:CAJ) for $6.5 billion, reportedly entered the race to acquire a chemicals subsidiary of Takeda...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 19, 2016
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StemCells soars 600% on reverse merger with Israel’s Microbot Medical
Shares in StemCells (NSDQ:STEM) initially soared some 600% this week after the company initiated a reverse merger with Microbot Medical, after the failure of a Phase II trial of StemCells’ spinal cord...
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Spectral Medical takes a mystery dive, recovers
Shares in Spectral Medical (TSX:EDT) took a mystery dive yesterday, plunging -33.9% before recovering today and leaving even the sepsis treatment maker shaking its head. Toronto-based Spectral, which...
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Intuitive Surgical sues J&J’s Ethicon for ‘legal gymnastics’ over sales rep’s...
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon is using “intricate legal gymnastics” to sidestep California’s restrictions on non-compete agreements, aiming to prevent its employees from hiring on...
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Rio Grande Neurosciences backs out of $22m Endonovo deal
Rio Grande Neurosciences last week backed out of its pending acquisition by Endonovo Therapeutics (OTC:ENDV), after seeking to renegotiate the terms of the $22 million deal, Endonovo said. Steven...
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Agfa HealthCare lands $768m imaging contract with U.S. gov’t
Agfa HealthCare, the medical imaging business owned by Belgium’s Agfa-Gevaert (EBR:AGFB), last week won a contract with the U.S. government worth up to $768 million. The 5-year deal, which also has a...
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ViewRay raises $14m in private placement
ViewRay (NSDQ:VRAY) said today that it raised nearly $14 million in a private placement as it gears up to launch its MRIdian linear accelerator, saying it expects to win regulatory nods in the U.S. and...
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Report: Apple buys personal EHR company Gliimpse
Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) reportedly acquired Gliimpse, a company that aims to allow patients to assemble and maintain their own electronic health record, for an unspecified amount. The Silicon Valley tech...
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Globus wins patent infringement suit lodged by Flexuspine
Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) last Friday marked a win in a patent spat with device maker Flexuspine, after a Texas federal jury cleared the company of any infringement claims after a 5-day trial. The...
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Presbia closes $2m Neoptics buy
Presbia (NSDQ:LENS) said today its Irish subsidiary closed its approximately $1.5 million acquisition of unspecified assets from Neoptics AG which included its intellectual property portfolio. The...
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Skyline Medical mulls reverse split to cure stock exchange woes
Skyline Medical is considering a reverse stock split, as well as nearly doubling the amount of shares on the market in response to a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange threatening to de-list the...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 22, 2016
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Getinge ousts CEO Myers after 18 months, shares slide | Personnel Moves...
Getinge ousts CEO Myers after 18 months, shares slide After less than 18 months in the corner office, Getinge (PINK:GETI B) has removed CEO Alex Myers from his position, sending shares down as much as...
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