• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

MassDevice

The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice

  • Latest News
    • Cardiovascular
    • Orthopedics
  • Wall Street Beat
    • Funding Roundup
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Podcasts & Webinars
    • Podcasts
    • Webinars
  • Resources
    • About MassDevice
    • Newsletter Signup
    • Leadership in Medtech
    • Manufacturers & Suppliers Search
    • MedTech 100 Index
    • Videos
    • Whitepapers
  • DeviceTalks Tuesdays
  • Coronavirus: Live updates

Legal News

How safe is health information after the overturning of Roe?

June 30, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued guidance meant to better protect women’s health information as state abortion bans kick in after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Despite the HHS actions, women may still wonder whether their health information is entirely safe going forward — a potential challenge […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Technology, Legal News, News Well, Software / IT Tagged With: Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS)

How medical device companies are responding to abortion bans

June 29, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights, medical device companies are among those reassuring workers about healthcare access. Corporate communications to employees and the public at large come as trigger laws in nearly half of the states outlaw abortion immediately. Some medtech companies are not using […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, News Well, Women's Health Tagged With: 3m, Boston Scientific, Medtronic

Former SCWorx CEO indicted over alleged COVID-19 rapid tests scheme

June 2, 2022 By Sean Whooley

The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced that Marc Schessel of SCWorx was indicted for charges related to an alleged COVID-19 test scheme. Schessel, the former CEO of the New York-based company, was charged with two counts of securities fraud for his alleged participation in a scheme to mislead investors about SCWorx’s procurement of COVID-19 rapid […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, SCWorx

iRhythm stays silent on federal grand jury subpoenas

May 16, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

More than one year after receiving the first of two federal grand jury subpoenas seeking information about its products and communications with the FDA, iRhythm Technologies has said little publicly about the matter. It would have been easy to miss the San Francisco-based cardiac monitor maker’s initial disclosure last summer. iRhythm (Nasdaq:IRTC) was without a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Legal News, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: FDA, iRhythm Technologies

Medtronic must sell Intersect ENT subsidiary to satisfy FTC concerns

May 12, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed order to require Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) to sell a subsidiary of Intersect ENT within 10 days of completing its $1.1 billion acquisition of Intersect ENT. The commission announced May 10 that it voted 4-0 to issue its complaint and accept the proposed consent order for public comment. Under […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: antitrust, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Hemostasis, Intersect ENT, Medtronic

DOJ subpoenas Philips over Respironics recall; CEO addresses investigation

April 25, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) today disclosed a Department of Justice subpoena for information related to the massive recall of Respironics respiratory devices. Philips Respironics and Philips subsidiaries in the U.S. received the subpoena on April 8 seeking “information related to events leading to the Respironics recall,” the Amsterdam-based company said as it announced its latest financial […]

Filed Under: Blog, Business/Financial News, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Legal News, News Well, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Recalls, Regulatory/Compliance, Respiratory Tagged With: Department of Justice, FDA, Philips, Philips Respironics, Respironics, Royal Philips

California appeals court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $302M in pelvic mesh case

April 15, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

A California appeals court mostly agreed that Johnson & Johnson must pay the state hundreds of millions of dollars over misleading marketing around the risks of pelvic mesh products. The Fourth District Court of Appeals in California, in its April 11 ruling, reduced the size of the civil penalties against J&J’s Ethicon subsidiary by $42 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, News Well, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Johnson & Johnson, pelvic mesh

Federal Circuit deals Abbott’s St. Jude Medical a setback in catheter IP case

April 12, 2022 By Sean Whooley

A Federal Circuit court ruled that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) must face patent infringement claims going back to St. Jude Medical. Abbott acquired St. Jude Medical for $25 billion in 2017. A year ago, it won a patent dispute over the method for using a double catheter in heart failure patients. Niazi Licensing sued St. Jude in […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Catheters, Featured, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Structural Heart Tagged With: Abbott, Niazi Licensing, stjudemedical

Surgeon wins $20M verdict against J&J’s DePuy Synthes

March 15, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

A federal jury hit DePuy Synthes with a $20 million verdict payable to a surgeon who said the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) orthopedic unit stole his patented technology. The surgeon, Dr. Gary Lynn Rasmussen of Utah, invented a device for aligning and positioning the prosthesis in knee replacement procedures, according to court records. He applied […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Legal News, Orthopedics, Patent Infringement Tagged With: DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson

Fujifilm Sonosite files patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network over handheld ultrasound

March 9, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Fujifilm Sonosite announced today that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY). Bothell, Washington–based Fujifilm Sonosite filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, asserting seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,169,108; 7,867,168; 8,128,050; 8,861,822; 9,538,985; 6,901,157; and 8,360,981) pertaining to fundamental technologies for acquiring ultrasound images at the point […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Technology, Imaging, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Software / IT, Ultrasound Tagged With: Butterfly Network, Fujifilm, Fujifilm Sonosite

Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach a new $6B opioid settlement deal

March 3, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family will pay $6 billion to settle lawsuits with a host of states over their role in the opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family — the founders and owners of the company — will pay the $6 billion to victims, survivors and states as a result of their […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, News Well, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Purdue Pharma

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 283
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

DeviceTalks Weekly

July 1, 2022
Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney on building a corporate culture that drives high growth results
See More >

MEDTECH 100 INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
Need Medtech news in a minute?
We Deliver!

MassDevice Enewsletters get you caught up on all the mission critical news you need in med tech. Sign up today.

MDO ad

Footer

MASSDEVICE MEDICAL NETWORK

DeviceTalks
Drug Delivery Business News
Medical Design & Outsourcing
Medical Tubing + Extrusion
Drug Discovery & Development
Pharmaceutical Processing World
MedTech 100 Index
R&D World

Device Talks Webinars, Podcasts, & Discussions

Attend our Monthly Webinars
Listen to our Weekly Podcasts
Join our Device Talks Tuesdays Discussion

MASSDEVICE

Subscribe to MassDevice E-Newsletter
Advertise with us
About
Contact us
Add us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Connect with us on LinkedIn Follow us on YouTube

Copyright © 2022 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media.

Advertise | Privacy Policy | RSS