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3. Medtronic and St. Jude battle it out on a new frontier: High blood pressure
Medtronic scoffs at St. Jude Medical’s claims that its Enlightn renal denervation system lowers blood pressure faster than Medtronic’s Symplicity, calling them “interesting” but merely “hypothesis-generating.”
2. Weight loss: Surgery triggers rare metabolic wasting disease
A rare but deadly genetic mutation that prevents the body from absorbing protein can be set off by weight loss surgery.
1. Justice Dept. closes criminal, civil probe into Medtronic’s Infuse
The U.S. Justice Dept. closes its years-long criminal and civil investigation into Medtronic’s controversial Infuse bone growth protein.