Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said today that it inked a partnership deal with Biomérieux looking to develop biomarkers to identify acute kidney injury. The partnership was announced at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter said. Both companies said they hope to develop the biomarkers to help rapidly identify and inform treatment of acute […]
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz to participate in keynote interview at DeviceTalks Boston
At DeviceTalks Boston, Tyler Shultz will give attendees an inside look at Theranos and how he was able to sound the alarm after he realized the company was falling apart. DeviceTalks is excited to announce that Tyler Shultz will be the closing keynote speaker at DeviceTalks Boston. Shultz will take attendees behind the story that […]
Medical device cybersecurity: It’s time to get real
Medical device makers, regulators and healthcare delivery organizations are increasingly working together to strengthen cybersecurity. But are they doing enough? Almost no one in the medtech industry disputes the vulnerability posed by cyberattacks. How to go about boosting security is another matter – one on which those stakeholders have recently stepped up their collaboration. One […]
Zoll reveals data breach during email server migration
Zoll Medical said today that it experienced a data breach during an email server migration that exposed select confidential patient data. The data exposed included patient names, addresses, dates of birth, limited medical information and some social security numbers, the Chelmsford, Mass.-based company said. Zoll said that its email is archived by a third-party service […]
3M rejiggers, names healthcare EVP
3M Cos. (NYSE:MMM) said yesterday that it’s slimming its corporate profile by folding its safety and industrial segments together and announced a slew of changes to its executive roster. The Twin Cities conglomerate said it plans to start reporting the move from five to four divisions – healthcare, safety & industrial, transportation & electronics and […]
Report: Smiths Medical parent co to announce separation plans Friday
Smith Medical‘s parent company Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) is expected to disclose how it plans to separate its medical division from the rest of the organization on Friday, according to a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune posted yesterday. The conglomerate has been seeking buyers for its medical division over the past few years, and has also […]
Novartis’ Alcon picks up PowerVision for $285m
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) subsidiary Alcon said today that it acquired intraocular lens developer PowerVision for $285 million. PowerVision is developing fluid-based intraocular lens implants that use the eye’s natural accommodating response to transport fluid in the implanted lens, Fort Worth, Texas-based Alcon said. The fluid-based lens creates a continuously variable monofocal lens using the natural contractions of the eye’s […]
Histogenics to lay off all but 1 employee in restructuring
Histogenics (NSDQ:HSGX) said last week that its board of directors approved a restructuring plan that would result in layoffs for all but one of the company’s employees. The layoffs include CEO Adam Gridley and COO Stephen Kennedy. Gridley and Kennedy plan to evaluate “strategic alternatives” for the company in consulting capacities alongside up to four other […]
Can a lifetime guarantee boost value-based care?
Swiss orthopedics company Medacta International and Geisinger Health System have said they will pilot a lifetime guarantee program for knee replacement surgeries. The program will cover full costs for screened Geisinger Health Plan members who receive knee replacement surgery while also ensuring reimbursement for any associated future care the patients may incur throughout their lifetimes. Medacta and Geisinger will […]
GI Dynamics touts results of U.K. study
GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) said a retrospective study of its EndoBarrier device for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity shows a significant reduction in HbA1c, weight, liver fat and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks as well as a reduction in the need for insulin in some patients. The EndoBarrier device is a plastic gut sleeve designed to […]
Think Surgical, United Orthopedic join forces for global sales
Think Surgical and United Orthopedic have announced a global joint marketing agreement of Think’s Active robotic system and United’s U2 knee system. Think’s Active robotic system consists of a 3D pre-surgical planning workstation and its computer-assisted Active robot. Its use in total knee arthroplasty is the subject of an FDA investigational device exemption study, with clearance anticipated in […]
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