MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Valeant Pharmaceuticals and its hedge fund partner, Pershing Square Capital Management, asked Allergan (NYSE:AGN) shareholders today to oust Allergan’s board and replace it with a slate of its own directors.
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is laying off some 40 workers in its Minnesota home base, the medical device company told the Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Economic Development in April.
Thoratec (NSDQ:THOR) said it paid $35 million up front and agreed to another $40 million in potential milestone payments for Apica Cardiovascular and its transapical access technology.