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Outcome-based Pricing Initiatives in the Healthcare Industry

July 11, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Joe Miles - Global Vice President, Life Sciences (SAP Industries) and Bob Steller - Industry Principle, Life Sciences (Vistex) A distorted reimbursement model has driven healthcare costs ever … [Read More...]

Clinical Study Cleanup: How to Get Your Study Back on Track

July 1, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Kelly Jasko, Lead Clinical Research Associate Every year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releases metrics detailing the outcomes of the Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) inspections … [Read More...]

Silicone Materials for Long-term Medical Implants: Innovate for the Future

June 4, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Feifei Lin, Ph.D., Business Development Manager, Healthcare, Elkem Silicones USA Corp. With the growth of the aging population, the number of age-related diseases has increased. Every year … [Read More...]

Ethylene oxide plant reopening won’t halt FDA plans to seek alternatives

The FDA will continue its efforts to find alternative medical device sterilization methods to … [Read More...]

Sterigenics ethylene oxide plant to reopen

This story has been updated to include information and comments from the state of … [Read More...]

First state AG suit over pelvic mesh heads to trial

The first lawsuit filed by a state attorney general, California's Xavier Becerra, over pelvic mesh … [Read More...]

ITC takes up Johnson & Johnson complaint against Intuitive Surgical

The U.S. International Trade Commission this week voted to launch an investigation into Johnson … [Read More...]

Johnson & Johnson unit loses 9th pelvic mesh case in Philly

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last week reportedly lost the ninth of eleven … [Read More...]

SEC accuses lawyers in $1.7m PixarBio fraud

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission this week accused a coterie of lawyers of securities … [Read More...]

Vectura seeks another $44M in GSK patent win

Fresh off its $89.7 million jury award in a patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline … [Read More...]

Spinal startups Carlsmed and Precisive Surgical merge

Startup spinal implant company Carlsmed and startup spine imaging system company Precisive Surgical have completed a merger to develop a personalized surgical workflow platform. The system will combine clinical intelligence, advanced image recognition, and 3D printing to enable earlier surgical intervention delivering personalized implants to patients with complex, multi-level spinal alignment deviation, according to San Diego-based Carlsmed. The system […]

Philips acquires Medumo

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) this week announced that it acquired Boston-based patient navigation platform Medumo for an undisclosed amount, CNBC reported. Medumo makes a smartphone app that helps hospitals, surgical centers and care teams guide patients with customizable, timely resources and information available through a number of channels, according to the company. Doctors can send out […]

UnitedCoatings Group picks up CoorsTek Medical

Italian contract manufacturer UnitedCoatings Group said today that it acquired CoorsTek Medical an undisclosed amount. Ft. Worth, Texas-based CoorsTek Medical offers casting, machining and product development services to medical device OEMs. UnitedCoatings, based in Rubbiano, Italy, last year bought NanoSurfaces, CoorsTek Medical’s Italian subsidiary. The deal announced today involves the rest of the CoorsTek Medical […]

Osseus Fusion Systems acquires SIJ Surgical

Implantable spine products maker Osseus Fusion Systems (Dallas, Texas) said it has acquired SIJ Surgical. SIJ Surgical’s SI screw system has distal cutting flutes, dual lead threads, and fenestrated, open implant architecture designed to improve osseointegration and reduce radiographic signature, according to Osseus. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Intuitive Surgical grabs supplier Schölly Fiberoptic’s robotic endoscope biz

Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said yesterday that it paid an unspecified amount to buy Schölly Fiberoptic‘s robotic endoscope business. Denzlingen, Germany-based Schölly, a 20-year supplier for Intuitive, designed and manufactured several imaging systems for Intuitive’s flagship da Vinci surgical systems. The vendor relationship is slated to continue with Schölly’s fiberoptic business, Intuitive said. The deal includes Schölly’s […]

TransEnterix deals AutoLap assets for $47m

TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that it dealt the AutoLap assets acquired last year along with Medical Surgery Technologies to Great Belief International for $47 million. AutoLap is an image-based scope positioning system for laparoscopic procedures. Last October, Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based TransEnterix paid $5.8 million up front to MST for 3.15 million shares of the Yokneam, Israel-based […]

Hillrom deals surgical consumables biz to Audax for $170m

Hillrom (NYSE:HRC) said today that it inked a deal to sell its surgical consumables business to private equity shop Audax for $170 million in cash. Chicago-based Hillrom, fresh from a May rebranding, said the lines being sold to Audax include its Bard-Parker scalpels and blades and other operating room accessories. The surgical consumable unit’s 500 […]