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3. Medtronic puts more skin in China with $66M investment in LifeTech
Medtronic makes yet another move in China, ones of the fastest-growing medtech markets in the world, with a $66.2 million investment in cardiovascular devices maker LifeTech Scientific Corp.
2. Trial begins today in St. Jude Medical/Volcano patent spat
A jury will begin hearing evidence today in a nasty patent spat over fractional flow reserve technology between St. Jude Medical and Volcano Corp.
1. Growing metal-on-metal hip controversy threatens to swallow more device makers
With patients and physicians submitting adverse events to the FDA and law firms soliciting patients with injuries, the metal-on-metal hip legal storm may be headed to Smith & Nephew next, even though the company’s Birmingham hip resurfacing systems have yet to undergo a recall.
