Cholestech Joins Inverness’ Cardiac Diagnostics Arsenal
Hayward, CA-based Cholestech is the latest diagnostics company to be acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations, an expanding Waltham, MA, company that’s been on a buying […]
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BioElectronics Expands International Distribution
BioElectronics, a Frederick, MD, company that makes anti-inflammatory patches, signed a deal last week with Eximeq for the Mexican healthcare-services provider to distribute BioElectronics’ ActiPatch south […]
Robotic Devices Move Into the Mainstream…and Beyond
Cardiogenesis, an Irvine, CA-based medical device company that specializes in devices that stimulate cardiac angiogenesis, submitted a PMA last week for its minimally invasive Robotic 5.0 […]
Westaim Management to Look at ‘Strategic Alternatives’
Reeling from its weakened share price, Westaim Corporation, a Canadian company that makes wound care and pharmaceutical products from nanotechnology, is taking a closer look at its business […]
AFP Captures Italian Firm’s 3-D Imaging Device
AFP Imaging Corporation, of Elmsford, NY, has successfully completed the acquisition of Quantitative Radiology (QR), an Italian firm for which AFP has been the exclusive […]
FDA Okays Cepheid’s Test for MSRA
FDA signed off yesterday on a new test for identifying Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA), the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. The Xpert MSRA test, made […]
Signalife Contracts 25 Reps for ECG Monitoring System
Signalife, a Greenville, SC, firm specialized in biomedical signal monitoring, has hired a new distribution organization for its Fidelity 100 product line. The technology, originally […]
Synovis Buys Surgical Closure System
Synovis Life Technologies earlier this week completed an acquisition of the 4Closure Surgical Fascia Closure System, a device for closing punctures in chest- or abdonimal-wall tissue after […]
Synergetics and Iridex Come to Terms
Synergetics and Iridex resolved all outstanding claims on Tuesday in the patent litigation suits related to their respective laser probe technologies. Synergetics will cough up an initial […]
Reimbursement for Glucose Device So Far a Go
The Centers for air max 270 pas cher Medicare and Medicaid on Friday issued a positive preliminary decision for DexCom to develop a Healthcare Common […]