Medical Devices Today

Medtronic Alters Trial To Resolve Concerns Heart Valves Denied To Some

S&N Says Not Discussing M&A, But Leaves Open Possibility As Suitors Circle
B. Braun Investigated For Questionable Granting Of IV Device Patent
Allergan Seeks Expanded Indication For Weight-Loss Device, Tripling Market
Abbott Glucose Meters Shown In Test To Be Off By As Much As 16 Percent
Guidant-Paid Army Cardiologist Pleads Guilty To Accepting Firm’s Favors
Thermo Fisher Extends Deadline For Dionex Buyout Offer After Weak Response
Boehringer To Sell Medical-Device Polymer Business To Evonik
Medtronic Completes $800 Million Total Acquisition Of Ardian
St. Jude, Zonare Launch Co-Developed Interior-Heart Ultrasound Device
Guidant Guilty Plea In Defibrillator Accepted By U.S. Judge
Roche Diagnostics Seeks To Block Alere From Acquiring Medical Automation

Thermo Fisher Seeks To Sell $1 Billion Worth Of Service Divisions

Boston Sci Wins Back $77 Million From Israel’s Medinol In Patent Settlement
Boston Sci CEO Says Report Of Excessive Defib Use To Have Little Impact
S&N Stock Value Jump Leads To Probe Of Market Manipulation In Takeover Bid
C.R. Bard Unit Recalls Surgical-Graft Devices Due To Testing Failure
Edwards CEO Says Focus Is On Acquiring Mid-Size Companies For Cash
Abbott Gets EU Clearance To Market First Absorbable Stent In Europe
Zimmer, S&N Chiefs Count On Jobs Growth To Restore Ortho Sales
S&N Rejects J&J $11 Billion Acquisition Offer, Sources Say
Wright Medical Signs With AlloSource To Launch FusionFlex In U.S.
Abbott, Other Device Leaders See Acquisitions Solution To Flagging Sales
Medtronic Retirees Lose Court Case Over Disclosure Gaps Affecting Benefits
Boston Sci Offers Policy Changes Ahead Of Court Sentence Of Guidant Unit
Hologic Says It Bought Interlace Medical For $125 Million In Cash
Beckman Coulter Bidding War Fades, Leaving Private-Equity Firms Dominant

Medtronic, Boston Sci, St. Jude Defibrillators Implants Often Unnecessary: Study

J&J’s Veridex To Begin Trials This Year On More Powerful Version Of CellSearch

Boston Sci Completes Neurovascular Sale To Stryker For $1.5 Billion

Boston Sci Rumored Possible Buyer Of Intelect Medical

Medtronic CEO Hawkins To Consult For Firm For Year Into Retirement

Medtronic, Alnylam Drug Maker Collaborate For Huntington’s Treatment

Smith & Nephew Warned By FDA Over Problems At German Plant

Edwards Ties With Israel’s CollPlant To Develop Cardiovascular Collagen

Thermo Fisher Completes Buy Of Australian Instrument Maker Lomb

Medtronic Device Under Fire For Use At Army Hospital Before Approval

Zimmer Buys Swiss Device Maker Sodem Diffusion, For Week’s Second Buy

Cordis Sells Miami Plant , Buyers Lease To HeartWare As Major Tenant

Ev3 Recalls Batches Of Arterial Catheter For Cracks, Failure During Dilation

Abbott Recalls 359 Million Strips For Measuring Diabetic Sugar Levels

Medtronic Gets Clearance To Market Endurant Stent in U.S.

Medtronic, Covidien, Other Stock Held By Judges In Health-Care Reform Suits

Boston Scientific Gets $400,000 Tax Break For Massachusetts Expansion
Medtronic’s $7 Million In Royalties To Kentucky Surgeon Invites Scrutiny
St. Jude Withdraws Riata Defibrillator Cables From Market Over Insulation Issues
Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Freezing Device Gets FDA Approval
GE Healthcare Acquires 84 Percent Stake In Clarient, Intends To Buy Rest
J&J, DePuy Artificial Hip Fails In Patients At Unusually High Rate
Boston Scientific’s Guidant Gains Federal Foe In False Claims Act Suit
Stryker Sues Zimmer For Alleged Infringement Of Wound-Treatment Patents
Abbott Sales Reps Allowed To View Surgery To Implant Stents, Doctor Says
Medtronic Mulls Change In Testing Devices To Meet Critics’ Concerns
J&J Sets Up Competition Among Drug, Devices Heads To Be Overall Chief
Guidant Wins As U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review Of Endograft Suit

Thermo Fisher To Acquire Chromatography Maker Dionex For $2.1 Billion

Boston Scientific Considers Dropping Proposed Sale Of Neuromodulation Unit
Medtronic Gets FDA Approval For Software To Monitor Diabetes Treatment
Edwards Lifesciences Expects U.S. Launch Of Sapien Heart Valve Within Year
C.R. Bard To Cut Jobs Globally As Part Of Restructuring, Cost-Cutting Plans
Biomet Said Ready To Bid Cash To Buy Smith & Nephew, But Doubts Raised
VNUS Unit Of Covidien Awarded $45.8 Million In TVS, Biolitec Patent Suit
Beckman Coulter Said Weighing Investor Offer To Buy, Take It Private
Half Of Medtronic Patients With Sprint Fidelis Left Without Damage Recourse
Medtronic Served With Federal Subpoena Over Neurostimulation Devices
Medtronic Gains EU Approval For CoreValve’s Heart-Valve Replacement
Abbott, Boston Sci, Medtronic Lead In Using iPads To Promote Devices

Abbott Leaders Urged Allegedly Unnecessary Stent Implants, Report Says

Boston Sci International Unit Reports $1 Billion Losses For 2009
Roche Trials Show Elecys Troponin T Diagnostic 10 Times More Sensitive
Royal Philips-Backed Survey Shows Potential For Reliance On Home Monitors
Covidien Says German Court Ruled Staple Device Patent Infringed By Five
Stryker To Sell Manufacturing Plant, Bone-Putty Line To Olympus
J&J, DePuy To Have Single Judge Hear Pretrial Rule On Hundreds Of Suits
Medtronic CEO Raises Concern About Hospitals Buying Doctor Practices
Allergan Gets FDA Panel’s Backing For Expansion Of Lap-Band Use
Medtronic CEO Takes Lead In Promoting New Heart Device Facing Resistance
Medtronic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Device Gets FDA Approval
GE Healthcare China CEO Says Grassroots Market Poses Tough Path
Boston Sci Loses Dutch Patent Dispute Over Evolution 2 Catheter
J&J’s Cordis To Begin Global Distribution Of Ostial Stent-Positioning System
Thermo Fisher Buys Lomb Scientific To Expand Aussie, N.Z. Presence

 

Synthes To Sell Norian Unit, Pay $23 Million In Fines Over Illegal Tests

Medtronic, Boston Sci Start-Up Investments Result In Dividends

St. Jude Still Negotiating U.S. Settlement Of Whistleblower Kickback Suit
Medtronic’s Key New Products Still Stalled Year After FDA Warning Letters
Medtronic Payments To Surgeon Now On VA Payroll Prompts GOP Questions
Zimmer, DePuy, Stryker Face Canadian Class-Action Suits Over Hip Implants
Zimmer, Biomet, Dentsply Cut Costs To Match Cheaper Dental-Implant Rivals
Medtronic, Boston Sci, Others Face Decisions Of Whether To Quit Ireland
B. Braun Parent Firm Wins Safety-Catheter Patent Suit Against Terumo
Hologic 3D Mammogram Cleared For Next Phase Of FDA Approval Process
Medtronic Buying Spree Made Necessary By Flat Sales Of Main Devices
Roche Gets Global License For Genzyme Test For Lung Cancer Cell Mutations

 

Abbott, Roche, Others Hurry Research For Widespread XMRV Retrovirus

Medtronic’s New Products Seen Key To Countering Cost Of Legal Settlements
Medtronic, Boston Sci Criticized For Not Reporting Doctor-Training Outcomes
Medtronic Plans To Buy Rest Of Ardian, Hypertension Device For $800 Million
Boston Sci, Ethicon Unit, Allergan Led In Reported Device-Maker Gifts
GE, Others Increase Activity In Field Of Home-Health Monitors For Elderly
BD Catheter Lines Subject Of New Questions About Failures In Neonatal Care
Boston Sci To Buy Sadra Medical And Heart Valves For As Much As $386 Million
Boston Sci Wins EU Approval To Market Three Implantable Heart Devices
Medtronic, Biomet, Dentsply Eyed As Possible Buyers For Astra Tech
Medtronic Says Endurant Aortic Aneurysm Stent Passes First Trial
Medtronic Says Frustrated By FDA Delay In Clearing Pacemaker Plant
Medtronic Settles Purchase Of Osteotech, Orthopedic Products
Smith & Nephew Loses Latest Round In Patent Fight With KCI
Wright Medical Settles Labor Dispute With French Workers For $4.5 Million

 

 

Medtronic Hungry For Acquisitions, Just Not Big Ones, CEO Says

 

AstraZeneca Said To Offer Device Unit For Sale To Raise Cash 
Medtronic, Boston Sci, St. Jude Combo Devices Get Major Study Boost
Medtronic Defib Unit Physio-Control Partners With AirStrip Tech
Boston Sci Study Finds Pre-Set Heart Devices As Good As Customized
Edwards Sapien Heart Valve Shows Improvement Over Standard Therapy
Philips, Other External Defibs Face Closer FDA Review In Wake Of Failures
Genzyme CEO Sells 5.4 Percent Stake In Abiomed While Novartis Target
Medtronic, Almylam To Develop Huntington’s Device With Foundation Help
St. Jude Says Cleared Major U.S. Hurdle In Acquiring AGA Medical
Abbott, Baxter, Medtronic, Others Seen Likely To Pursue M&A Actions
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Gets More Time To Prove Case To FDA Advisors

Boston Scientific Begins Enrolling Patients For Europe Vercise Device Trial

 

Boston Sci, St. Jude Heart Device Safety Issues Uncovered In Computer Search
Siemens, Philips, GE, Other CT Scanner Makers Urged To Make Them Safer
GE Healthcare Expects 10 Percent Annual Growth From Health Reform
Medtronic Buys 4,500 Apple iPads For Use At International Trade Shows
Edwards Lifesciences Subpoenaed By U.S. Grand Jury For Monitor Records 
Synthes Buys Anspach Effort For High-Speed Surgical Tools
Smith & Nephew Fails In Attempt To Derail U.S. Whistleblower Suit
Smith & Nephew Chief Says Tougher FDA Rules Require Better Device Trials
Siemens, Philips, Toshiba, GE CT Devices Get Study Boost For ‘Spiral’ Scans
Covidien Cleared To Market New Venous Thromboembolism Device In U.S.
Ethicon Endo Appeals FDA Rejection Of Sedasys Sedation System
Stryker Reports Pair Of Federal Subpoenas Regarding Separate Devices
Medtronic To Be Part Of Three-Way Partnership For Huntington’s Treatment
Zimmer, DePuy, Edwards Feel Impact Of Economy On Surgery Numbers