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3. FDA approves BSX’s Promus Element stent
Shares of Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) rose nearly 7 percent in pre-market trading today after the FDA approved its Promus Element drug-eluting stent, inaugurating a head-to-head battle between the last two giants left standing in the Stent Wars.
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2. Synthes exec awaits sentencing after lawyer’s collapse
Three former Synthes executives get prison sentences for unauthorized human trials of a Norian bone cement that led to the deaths of three patients, while a fourth still awaits sentencing after his lawyer’s collapse.
1. SNN celebrates patent win by suing Hologic
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) sued Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) yesterday, the same day the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted its patent application for a "Surgical Endoscopic Cutting Device And Method For Its Use."
