Blackstone Gets Caught with Pants Down
Springfield, MA-based Blackstone Medical, a spinal surgery device manufacturer and subsidiary of Orthofix International, is under federal investigation for allegedly paying doctors to use its […]
Exactech Leverages Existing Sales and Distribution Channels with Altiva Acquisition
Exactech finalized its acquisition of North Carolina-based Altiva this week. The agreement will allow Exactech to better leverage its existing sales and distribution channels in […]
Bicon: Smallest of the Large Dental Implant Manufacturers
Boston-MA based Bicon is often portrayed as smallest of the “large” dental implant companies or largest of the rest of the field in this very […]
Medical Technology Video Archive at OneMedPlace
This post will serve as an archive for video content uploaded to the Sentinel. To see a full list of past videos click here.
[Video Profile] Interview with Terrance Gregg, President & CEO of DexCom
DexCom is developing a short term continuous glucose monitor for people with diabetes. The Seven System’s probe-like sensor is inserted by the user under the […]
One Small Step for Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Requires Giant Leap for FDA
Dr. Eric Hoffman of the Children’s National Medical Center predicts that individualized molecular therapies will be medicine’s next big innovation, but only if the FDA […]
[Video Profile] Interview with E. Kevin Hrusovsky, President & CEO of Caliper Life Sciences
Caliper Life Sciences combines microfluidics, liquid handling and laboratory automation to deliver research tools for drug discovery and development, and genomics and proteomics laboratories. The […]
Biosphere-DuPont Collaboration May Create Higher-Margin Microspheres
BioSphere Medical, which has an FDA approved method to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids using microsphere technology, has signed an agreement with DuPont Applied BioSciences to […]
Applied NeuroSolutions’ Test Predicts Disease Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affects many areas of cognition including language, attention, reasoning, and judgment. Many view MCI a transitional stage from the cognitive changes […]
AngioDynamics Technology Not Responsible for Lung Tumor Treatment Deaths
In February 2003, the FDA’s General and Plastic Surgery Devices Advisory Committee met and discussed thermal ablation of lung tumors. Concerns were raised about the […]