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3. Most claims preempted in trio of Riata suits against St. Jude Medical
A federal judge rules that most of the product liability claims against St. Jude Medical are preempted in a trio of lawsuits filed over its recalled Riata defibrillator leads.
2. DePuy Synthes confirms layoffs
Johnson & Johnson orthopedics subsidiary DePuy Synthes confirms that it’s undertaking layoffs in order to overhaul its operating model.
1. Podcast: Medical device execs react to Medtronic-Covidien deal, M&A activity at DeviceTalks Minnesota
MassDevice.com speaks to 3M’s Deb Rectenwald, St. Jude Medical’s Philip Ebeling and Nadim Yared, CEO of CVRx, about the environment for M&A in medtech following the $43 billion Medtronic/Covidien deal.