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- Zimmer Biomet narrowly avoids shareholder rebuke on executive pay
- FDA says Philips ventilator recall produced over 21,000 device reports, 124 deaths
- Boston Scientific’s Acurate Neo2 valve performs well in studies
- MicroTransponder reports first commercial implantation of its stroke rehab neurostim system
- Ambu replaces CEO with new leadership
- Moderna’s first bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster candidate shows promise
- AdvaMed joins Biden’s Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working Group
- FDA clears Accelus’ Toro-L interbody fusion system
- Teleflex’s UroLift cleared in China to treat BPH
- Globus Medical announces first surgeries with Excelsius3D
- Abbott reports positive data on heart valve therapies
- OncoRes Medical raises another $12.5M
- NeuroMetrix’s Quell neuromodulation device wins FDA de novo nod to treat fibromyalgia
- Inogen appoints Agnes Lee as senior VP of investor relations, strategic planning
- Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officer
- ApiJect picks up $111M investment from Royalty Pharma, Jefferies
- Expect more heart and lung failure years after COVID, Abbott’s heart failure CMO says
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- Zimmer Biomet narrowly avoids shareholder rebuke on executive payAn unusually large share of Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) investors voted against the orthopedics company’s pay packages for top executives at the annual shareholder meeting. About 54% of voting shareholders supported the pay packages of the company’s five top-paid executives at the May 13 meeting, according to results filed with the SEC yesterday. In 2021, nearly 93%… […]
- BD, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical partner on better materials for plastic syringesBD (NYSE:BDX) announced that it partnered with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company on applying new technology to pre-fillable syringes. MGC develops the Oxycapt technology designed to integrate the best of plastic and glass for plastic syringes. BD and Tokyo-based MGC will work together to apply Oxycapt technology to the next generation of pre-fillable syringes (PFS) for advanced… […]
- Ambu replaces CEO with new leadershipAmbu today said it has hired board member Britt Meelby Jensen to replace CEO Juan Jose Gonzalez, effective tomorrow. “Since Juan Jose Gonzalez joined as CEO in 2019, Ambu has made good progress and achieved important milestones on the strategic transformation into the world’s largest single-use endoscopy company,” Ambu Chair Jørgen Jensen said in a… […]
- AdvaMed joins Biden’s Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working GroupAdvaMed executive Abby Pratt has joined the executive committee for the Biden administration’s Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working Group, the medtech industry association said today. The working group’s members from government and industry will assist with implementation of the National Strategy for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain. Pratt oversees supply chain issues as SVP… […]
- Toray develops new stretchable film for medical devicesToray Industries has a new stretchable film based on its proprietary polymer Reactis technology, with potential applications that include robotics and biological and industrial sensors. Tokyo-based Toray said it shipped samples to customers and plans research and development efforts to commercialize the new grade of film. “Recent years have increased the potential for developing stretchable… […]
- Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officerFormer FDA Chief Digital Health Officer of Global Strategy and Innovation Bakul Patel has started a new job with Google after 13 years with the regulatory agency. Patel became senior director, global digital health strategy and regulatory for Google Health earlier this month, he said on LinkedIn. Patel recounted highlights of his “incredible journey since… […]
- Expect more heart and lung failure years after COVID, Abbott’s heart failure CMO saysTwo years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we know more than ever about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and how quickly it moves to ravage the human body. What remains to be seen is how the virus — and perhaps more importantly, our immune system’s response to it — will affect the health of people long after infection,… […]
- FDA moves forward with Voluntary Improvement Program to bolster medical device qualityKathryn Burke, Emergo Group The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new draft guidance to establish a full-blown voluntary program for improving quality-related processes in medical device manufacturing following promising results of a pilot program. The FDA guidance stems from a pilot undertaken by the agency along with the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) in 2018.… […]
- How Minnetronix Medical helped Lazurite with its wireless surgical cameraMinnetronix Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) has played an important development and manufacturing partner role with Lazurite’s wireless surgical camera system. It’s been nearly two months since Lazurite (formerly Indago) announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its ArthroFree system. ArthroFree combines proprietary low-heat, high-intensity Meridiem light engine technology with advanced camera, battery and wireless transmission technologies and… […]
- Instron releases TrendTracker data analysis workflow platformInstron announced that it released the TrendTracker module in Bluehill Central for accelerating data analysis workflows. Norwood, Massachusetts-based Instron designed TrendTracker with an intuitive interface to improve the data analysis workflow of single or multi-location materials testing laboratories. According to a news release, the platform features quick searching and the ability to display and analyze… […]
- Henry Schein hires former Medline veteran to drive ‘One Distribution’ pushHenry Schein (Nasdaq:HSIC) today named Dirk Benson as VP and chief commercial officer of the medical device manufacturer and distributor’s North America Distribution Group (NADG). Melville, New York-based Henry Schein is the world’s largest provider of health care supplies and services for office-based dental and medical practitioners, and NADG is the company’s largest business group. The… […]
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