Apple’s HealthKit takes center stage in 2 studies | MassDevice.com On Call
Funding: InSightec raises $12.5M from Chinese backers
Israeli device maker InSightec added $12.5 million to its coffers thanks to the support of Chinese backers, the firm’s parent company announced.
Digital health: Medtronic launches heart-monitoring patch
Neurovascular: Covidien begins enrollment in 2 new trials
Corindus raises $26.6M for vascular robot
Massachusetts-based Corindus Vascular Robotics has big plans for its newly secured $26.6 million, raised in a private placement funding round.
Corindus sold nearly 10.7 million shares at $2.50 apiece through a Securities Purchase Agreement, with Cowen & Co. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. acting as placement agents.
Danaher becomes dental giant with $2.1B Nobel Biocare buy
Stealthy mitral valve maker emerges at TCT 2014 | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Bad timing and a financial crisis nearly buried MVRx and its mitral valve repair technology forever, but the company’s founders finally revealed their progress over the weekend at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference.
TAVI: Symetis battles the big dogs
Switzerland-based medical implant maker Symetis is looking to make some major moves in the global transcatheter aortic valve implantation market, and the company’s not afraid to take on some of the medtech industry’s biggest players.
Allergan cuts 129 workers amid hostile takeover battle
Reactions: Should hospitals kick sales reps out of the OR?
Medical sales reps have long had a close relationship with physicians, providing services as a surgical consultant as well as a medtech dealer, but that dynamic may be about to change in a big way.