Recently departed NuVasive (NSDQ:NUVA) CEO Gregory Lucier will lead a new company formed to acquire medtech and life sciences firms and assets. Lucier, 54, is partnering with Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR to form the new company, Corza Health, in San Diego. GTCR holds stakes in Regatta Medical, which owns laser micro manufacturer Resonetics and Sotera Health along with life sciences, technology, and […]
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Boston VC shop Flagship Pioneering raises $824m with 8th fund
Life-sciences focused venture capital group Flagship Pioneering said today that it raised $824 million for its new Special Opportunities Fund II, which aims to support companies created by its Flagship Labs unit. The funds join an existing capital pool of more than $700 million Flagship said it raised between late 2017 and 2018 to finance […]
Brainlab acquires Medineering’s robotics platform
Brainlab said today that it acquired Medineering and its line of robot-assisted surgery devices for an undisclosed amount. Brainlab, which earlier this month dealt its orthopedic joint reconstruction assets to Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN), is already an investor and markets the Medineering robot-assisted surgical arm under the Cirq brand. The Munich-based company said it plans […]
Nevro taps ex-Thoratec CEO Grossman | Personnel Moves, March 20, 2019
Nevro Corp. (NYSE:NVRO) said yesterday that it named former Thoratec CEO Keith Grossman to replace president & CEO Rami Elghandour after striking a deal with one of its investors, Broadfin Capital. Grossman re-joined Thoratec after taking over at Conceptus in December 2011 and leading it to a $1.1 billion sale to Bayer in June 2013 (he’d […]
Sage wins historic FDA nod for postpartum depression therapy
Sage Therapeutics (NSDQ:SAGE) this week won FDA approval for the first medicine indicated to treat postpartum depression. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company’s injection therapy, Zulresso, is slated to be available in late June. Postpartum depression is the most common medical complication of childbirth, according to Sage, and affects roughly one in nine women who have given birth […]
Baxter, Biomérieux ink acute kidney injury biomarker dev deal
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 […]
Theranica raises $35m Series B for neuromod migraine patch
Theranica Bio-Electronics said yesterday that it raised a $35 million Series B round for the Nerivio Migra neurostim patch it’s developing to treat migraine headache. Netanya, Israel-based Theranica said VC shop aMoon led the round, joined by all of its existing backers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LionBird, Corundum Open Innovation and Takoa. The company raised an […]
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 […]
Surmodics shares down following FDA’s paclitaxel device update
Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) shares fell last week after the FDA wrote a letter to doctors detailing a trend of heightened mortality in people with peripheral artery disease who were treated with paclitaxel-coated devices. In an SEC filing, the company said that it’s working with the FDA to clarify how the company should proceed with an ongoing clinical trial of […]
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 […]