
Welcome to MassDevice's annual audit of the ups, downs and in-betweens of the year that was. For the medical device industry, 2012 was more or less defined by efforts to undermine the medical device tax and ride through economic turbulence.
Here's the close of the top 10 stories of the year for the medical device world. Stay tuned in 2012 for the trends that continue to shape the industry!
Check out MassDevice's Top 10 Part I and Part II for more on the biggest news of the year.
Zimmer planed cuts and outsourcing at its Warsaw, Ind., headquarters partially to offset the impending burden of a 2.3% medical device tax.
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Pluristem is seeking clinical proof that stem cell therapy can benefit patients with chronic...
GE Healthcare introduces Mavric SL, a novel magnetic resonance imaging technique for joint...
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics plans to phase out sales of all of its metal-on-...
The FDA approves a novel combat-ready clamp to treat wounds most commonly associated with roadside or...
Vascular Solutions CEO Howard Root says alleged infringement by Boston Scientific's Guidezilla "is...