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Home » MassDevice gets a facelift; FDA issues CT scan radiation exposure guidance; Spire, Bard postpone catheter business buyout, again; and Boston Scientific warns docs on Cognis, Teligen device connection problems

MassDevice gets a facelift; FDA issues CT scan radiation exposure guidance; Spire, Bard postpone catheter business buyout, again; and Boston Scientific warns docs on Cognis, Teligen device connection problems

December 8, 2009 By MassDevice

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MassDevice Weekly Checkup chart for December 8 2009

Our weekly checkup takes the temperature of the public medical device companies in the three largest markets in the U.S.: Massachusetts, Minnesota and California. In addition to the indices for each state, which track the overall movement of the sector, we compare Monday morning’s opening share prices with their value when the markets close Friday afternoon and calculate the biggest gainers and losers. Read More more arrow

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MassDevice gets a facelift
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FDA issues guidance for radiation exposure during CT scans more arrow

NEUSpire, Bard postpone catheter business buyout. Again. more arrow

Boston Scientific warns docs on Cognis, Teligen device connection problems more arrow

Zoll Medical’s on the hunt for new headquarters more arrow

Palomar directors re-price executive options more arrow

Cell Biosciences acquires Protein Forest more arrow

New Jersey’s AG proposes gift ban rules more arrow

Covidien executives profit from sale of restricted shares more arrow

Georgia judge: Mentor Corp. execs’ depositions fair game more arrow

Echo Therapeutics scores an extra $562,000 in Philly more arrow

Oridion inks deal with Bavarian Red Cross more arrow

World economic forum recognizes MicroCHIPS more arrow

Stryker announces $750 million stock buyback plan, dividend more arrow

Eye on the FDA
MassDevice’s “Eye on the FDA” report examines key data on the FDA’s 510(k) clearance process on a semi-annual basis, analyzing the clearances according to medical discipline, clearance times and a variety of other categories. The reports characterize changes in the number of 510(k) clearances and decision times, identifying the most active medical disciplines and states and offering perspectives on clearance trends and developments in the regulatory landscape. Read More more arrow

Positive study buoys Interleukin’s hopes as service provider more arrow

Osmetech banks $16.3 million in new stock sale more arrow

FDA: Agency is growing in size and scope more arrow

Helicos, MGH claim genetic breakthrough more arrow

ALPCO Diagnostics inks distribution deal with Danish biomarker maker BioPorto more arrow

OSHA aims to fine Dale Medical Products $58,000 more arrow

Taris Biomedical completes Phase I study of bladder drug-device combo more arrow

Optos plunges into the red for fiscal 2009
Be sure to check out MassDevice.com’s third-quarter earnings roundup for our comprehensive coverage of medical device makers’ quarterly results. Read More more arrow

Medtronic taps new cardiology leader more arrow

Supreme Court declines to hear Boston Scientific, Cordis dispute more arrow

InVivo Therapeutics seeks investigational device exemption from the FDA more arrow

Harvest Technologies releases CLI trial results more arrow

Survey: Medical device industry slow to adopt social media more arrow

PLC Systems updates results of RenalGuard study more arrow

TMJ Implants files for en banc review of 10th Circuit ruling more arrow

Federal judge reverses punitive damages ruling in Mentor Corp. liability case more arrow

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Features

MassDevice Q&A: Thermo Fisher Scientific CEO Marc Casper
Thermo Fisher’s new chief executive on taking the reins from Marijn Dekkers and his cautious optimism about 2010. Read More more arrow

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Blogs

MedGadget’s MedTech Monday: Thought-powered robotic hand unveiled
A human subject used the first thought-power prosthetic for an entire month; computer simulation models stent drug behavior; famous amnesiac’s brain put to the razor for science; and scientists grow skin in preclinical study. Read More more arrow

Reimbursement Row: Competitive effectiveness?
Will comparative effectiveness research change the nature of the competitive landscape for medical device companies? Read More more arrow

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