Generic Medical Devices Puts Feet on the Street
Gig Harbor, WA-based Generic Medical Devices (GMD) has formed a U.S. sales team to start pushing its low-cost devices. GMD, the first company in the medical […]
Organogenesis Gets Funding to Stay in Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts now has at least one example that his $1 billion life sciences initiative, unveiled last month at the BIO convention […]
Opko to Acquire Complimentary Diagnostics Firm
Miami-based Opko Health (formerly known as eXegenics) today announced plans to acquire a diagnostic imaging firm that would compliment its portfolio of ophthalmic therapeutics. The […]
Axxora Deal Boosts Enzo’s International Distribution
Enzo Biochem, of New York, NY, said yesterday that it would buy Axxora Life Sciences, a private company based in San Diego that makes life sciences […]
Telemedicine Addresses Rising Healthcare Costs
A recent article in The New York Times discusses TeleStroke, a telemedicine program being offered by Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals in Boston. […]
FDA Green Lights Harvest’s Stem Cell Trial
Harvest Technologies, a Plymouth, MA, company that uses stem cells from bone marrow to treat critical limb ischemia, received the go-ahead yesterday from FDA to […]
Next-Generation Psych Treatments
An article published yesterday in Technology Review discusses two new technologies being developed to improve psychiatric treatment. The first, from Norwood, MA-based Aspect Medical Systems, […]
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 […]
Endocare Raises $7 Million
Endocare, an Irvine, CA-based company focused on tissue and tumor ablation, has raised $7 million in a private placement of common stock to Seattle-based Frazier […]
New Device Outpaces Competition in Epilepsy Market
A new device for epilepsy patients being developed by Mountain View, CA-based NeuroPace was featured this week in Technology Review. The company’s responsive neurostimulation (RNS) […]