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3. Calgary Scientific’s iPhone app cleared by the FDA
Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD receives FDA clearance for diagnostic image viewing on iPhones and iPads.
2. Private equity experts: Sour economy cools white-hot med-tech LBO market
The once-hot leveraged buyout market for medical device companies is slowing as the souring economy spooks investors, according to a panel of private equity fund managers at the AdvaMed conference in Washington.
1. Former Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins on the one that got away
Former Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins, in an exclusive interview with MassDevice.com, tells us about the one that got away: Guidant Corp.’s stent-making operation.
