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Lean Product Launch: 3 Ways 3P Events can Boost Efficiency and Speed to Market

November 1, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Todd Clark, Program Manager, Viant Get a diverse group of smart people in a room and present them with a challenge. Add brainstorming and collaboration. At the end of the day, the best ideas … [Read More...]

Is your user experience as good as your technology?

November 1, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Jesse Darley, Director of Mechanical Engineering & Principal, Delve No doubt, you are passionate about the impact medical devices have on the lives of the patients that need them. In many … [Read More...]

3 Clinical Trends Shaping the Medical Device Space in 2019

October 21, 2019 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

By Mike Rigert, Staff Writer, MasterControl Perhaps no other sector of the life sciences is experiencing as much growth, transformation and opportunity as the medical device industry. Globally, the … [Read More...]

Drug or device? FDA loses this argument for now

This article has been updated with comments from an attorney for Genus Medical Technologies. A … [Read More...]

Medtronic faces patent lawsuit over CoreValve tech

A decade-old company called Colibri Heart Valve is claiming in a lawsuit that Medtronic's CoreValve … [Read More...]

Ortho devicemakers Hensler and Tobra face off in patent lawsuit

Hensler Surgical (Wilmington, N.C.) filed a patent infringement lawsuit yesterday accusing … [Read More...]

J&J’s Ethicon gets to substitute 20 new claims on surgical stapler patent

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) may file new claims in a surgical stapler patent case brought by … [Read More...]

Viant to cease ethylene oxide sterilization at Michigan plant by year’s end

Viant Medical has signed a consent order to stop sterilizing medical devices using ethylene oxide … [Read More...]

OncoSec $30m fundraise threatened by spat

OncoSec Medical (NSDQ:ONCS) is embroiled in a lawsuit and proxy war over a $30 million money-raise … [Read More...]

Appeals court tosses former Abiomed Asia exec’s lawsuit

This article has been updated with a comment from Abiomed. A federal appeals court has dismissed … [Read More...]

Baxter spending $350m to acquire surgical adhesion barrier tech from Sanofi

Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said today that it will buy the Seprafilm adhesion barrier and related assets from Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) in what is expected to be a $350 million deal. The purchase is expected to close no later than the first quarter of 2020. A Bloomberg report in October hinted that a deal might be in the work. “While […]

Boston Scientific sells Zytiga royalties for $256m

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has sold half of its Zytiga-related royalties to Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System for $256 million. The deal is worth 50% of the Zytiga-related royalties, according to an SEC Form 8-K filing from yesterday. Zytiga is a treatment for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to its website. The sale begins with […]

Exactech acquires Italian distributor

Exactech (NSDQ:EXAC) announced that it acquired its independent distribution partner, Exactech Italia, creating a new corporate subsidiary. The acquisition was made official yesterday and includes all shares of the Brescia, Italy-based importer and distributor of Gainesville, Fla.-based Exactech’s orthopedic implants, instrumentation and advanced surgical technologies. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed but it marks […]

Glaukos completes Avedro buy

Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) today said it completed its acquisition of Glaukos for an undisclosed amount. Avedro develops single-use drug formulations that are designed to strengthen corneal tissues and stop the progression of degenerative corneal ectatic disease keratoconus. Get the full story on our sister site, Drug Delivery Business.

Carlisle completes Providien purchase

Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Providien for an undisclosed amount. San Diego-based Providien provides solutions for global medical technology OEMs, such as contract manufacturing, precision machining and metals, thermoforming and injection molding. The acquisition, which was initially announced last month, is part of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Carlisle’s plan to […]

LivaNova pulls the plug on transcatheter mitral valve repair device

LivaNova (NSDQ:LIVN) said today that it is ending its Caisson Interventional transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) program and plans to restructure its heart valve business to improve profitability. The company’s heart valve business represented nearly $130 million in revenue during fiscal 2018 and saw its revenue numbers decline over the last five years, both with biological […]

Hologic to sell Cynosure medical aesthetics business for $205m

Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Cynosure medical aesthetics business in a deal worth more than $200 million. The Marlborough, Mass.–based company is in agreement with an affiliate of investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and expected to collect net cash proceeds of approximately $138 million, according […]