Cytori Forgoes Drugs for Devices
Cytori Therapeutics may be on to something. The San Diego firm is using stem and regenerative cell therapies to develop products for treating cardiovascular disease […]
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New Reports Predict Growth for Device Sector
BBC Research is out with a few reports that look at the medical device sector — and make hopeful predictions. One, “The Global Market for […]
CardioDynamics Streamlines ICG Business
CardioDynamics, a San Diego-based company that uses impedance cardiography (ICG) technology to monitor the heart’s ability to deliver blood to the body, has decided to […]
FDA Gives CryoCor the Cold Shoulder
San Diego-based CryoCor suffered a blow today, when it learned that FDA is yet again unhappy with the company’s pre-market approval application for its Cryoblation […]
Shelhigh Consent Agreement Stops Short of Recall
Shelhigh has agreed to stop distributing its implantable devices, roughly two months after FDA seized products made at the company’s Union, NJ, manufacturing facility. Under […]
BioLucent Acquired by Hologic for $70 Million
BioLucent, a Aliso Viejo, CA-based company that makes breast cushions for increased comfort during mammographies, has been scooped up by Hologic, a diagnostic imaging company […]
FDA Panel to Review Device that Prevents Scar Tissue
SyntheMed, of Iselin, NJ, today got word that an FDA panel will advance the first anti-adhesion product in what the company estimates is a $2 […]
ATS to Acquire Surgical Cryoblation Biz from CryoCath
Minneapolis-based ATS Medical has agreed to acquire the surgical cryoablation business of CryoCath Technologies, a Canadian company that will now focus exclusively on electrophysiology cryoablation. […]
Amended Agreement Expands Cambridge Heart’s Reach
Cambridge Heart, of Bedford, MA, has amended its marketing agreement with St. Jude Medical in a way that could significantly expand access to tests for […]
Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor Cleared in Europe
OrSense, a privately held Israeli company, has been cleared in Europe to market its first product, a first-in-class, non-invasive glucose monitor. The NBM-200G allows diabetics […]