The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is launching a new kind of grant initiative for early-stage life science companies in the state — not for funding R&D, but instead for measures to reduce commercial risk, including developing go-to-market strategies, planning for regulatory submissions and attracting investment. The Access and Accelerate program will award grants up to […]
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The 10 largest medical device companies
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) remains at the top of the list, but a focus on innovation is enabling companies such as Abbott (NYSE ABT) and Intuitive (Nasdaq: ISRG) to move up our list of largest medical device companies. That’s but one of the insights we’ve gleaned from Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice’s Medtech Big 100 […]
CSL to drop Terumo for Haemonetics in US plasma collection supply deal
Earlier this summer, CSL Plasma struck a deal with Haemonetics (NYSE: HAE) to try out the latter’s latest collection hardware, starting at a limited number of its locations, and it appears the limited run went well. Now the two companies are saying the supply pact will expand to all of CSL’s donation centers, spanning more […]
How 5 medtech CEOs design for access
Scott Nelson, co-founder and CEO of FastWave Medical More than a third of insured American adults, and three in four without coverage, skipped or delayed healthcare they needed last year because they couldn’t afford it, according to a 2025 KFF survey. And cost is only one barrier. Patients who can pay still run into a specialist […]
Butterfly Network to chase ultrasound brain-computer interfaces with newcomer Bridge Neurotech
Butterfly Network continues to add to its list of partnerships with tech developers looking to wield its chip-based ultrasound, with the latest marking another pact aimed at brain-computer interfaces. Bridge Neurotech emerged from stealth this week with $13.5 million in funding and a plan to build non-invasive and non-surgical sensors that use ultrasound to track […]
Apple must pay an extra $184M to Masimo, judge says
Apple owes Masimo an extra $184.2 million, according to a federal judge who ruled that interest is due dating back to before last year’s $634 million jury award over pulse oximetry patents. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California had previously sided with Masimo in late 2025, saying Apple infringed on four […]
MMI grasps $125M to support robotic microsurgery system
Medical Microinstruments raised $125 million in venture capital funding to extend its commercial operations and chase new indications and accessories for its Symani robotic surgery platform. MMI said it currently counts about 50 installed systems and 3,500 microsurgery procedures completed worldwide. Symani, which received a de novo clearance from the FDA in 2024, delivers fully […]
FDA grants de novo nod to handheld ER cardiac implant identifier
BridgeSource Medical obtained de novo clearance from the FDA for its handheld cardiac implant identifier, designed to help emergency department clinicians quickly identify a patient’s hardware brand. According to the Austin, Texas–based company, about half the time a patient enters the ER they don’t know, can’t communicate or aren’t carrying the wallet card listing the […]
J&J delivers Shockwave data sustaining below-the-knee gains for two years
Johnson & Johnson MedTech (NYSE: JNJ) shared extended clinical findings from its Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system, from a study aimed at clearing calcified vessel blockages below the knee in patients with peripheral artery disease. In late-breaking data presented at the Vascular InterVentional Advances 2026 conference in Las Vegas, the company showed that benefits were maintained […]
BD appoints worldwide president of Surgery business
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.) (NYSE: BDX) has promoted from within for the new worldwide president of its Surgery business unit. Ferass Abuzaina joined Franklin Lakes, N.J.–based BD in 2023 and has held leadership positions across multiple businesses across the company. His most recent post was worldwide VP and GM of Advanced Repair and Reconstruction, […]
Boston Scientific names COO amid cardiovascular restructuring
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) plans to restructure its businesses into three separate reporting segments, while promoting one of its leaders to the formerly vacant role of chief operating officer. Starting on January 1 of next year, the company will split its cardiovascular group into two: Interventional Therapies and Rhythm Solutions. The first category will cover […]
