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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Digital security experts at Krebs on Security say they’ve been able to dig up sensitive patient data for sale on the internet’s black market.
An unlisted website called Evolution Market (not accessible via traditional web searches) was discovered to be selling medical records stolen from an unnamed Texas life insurance firm. The records were going for as little as $6.40 apiece if bought in bulk.
California medtech maker TriVascular Technologies (NSDQ:TRIV) issued an update today on the recall of certain of its Ovation Prime aortic stent grafts, advising that the measure may drag down full-year revenues.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medtech titan Boston Scientific‘s (NYSE:BSX) logged a major loss after winning a few rounds in the ongoing lawsuits over its vaginal sling implants, and the deciding factor may have been the revelation of an internal company email.
California device maker Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) announced this week that it enrolled the 1st patient in its PROGRESS clinical trial, evaluating the company’s Propel Mini sinus implant for treatment of frontal sinusitis.
Massachusetts-based dialysis devices maker NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) won FDA clearance for its OneSite technology, cutting down on the number of needles dialysis patients must endure during therapy.
Biotech titan Roche secured a landmark FDA win with clearance for its Accu-Chek Aviva Expert blood glucose meter, the 1st of its kind with a built-in insulin calculator to help guide patient therapy.
