Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. Dental implant maker faces sanctions for destroying evidence in patent infringement case
Dental implant maker Implant Direct Manufacturing faces sanctions stemming from a magistrate judge’s ruling that it destroyed evidence in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Zest IP Holdings.
2. Babies born extremely premature are surviving. How do they do in the long run?
Twenty or thirty years ago, no one would have expected babies born extremely prematurely – between 23 and 25 weeks’ gestation, considered the edge of viability – to survive long enough for their performance as elementary schoolers to be an issue.
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1. Did patients draw the short stick in $2.5B J&J metal hip settlement?
Who really won out in the $2.5 billion Johnson & Johnson metal hip settlement? Not patients, some reports say.