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3. SEC settles Hansen Medical beef
Hansen Medical, Inc settles a federal Securities & Exchange Commission probe into a 2009 restatement of its financial results as the watchdog agency charges two former sales executives with fraud.
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2. Immucor taps Hawkins as new CEO
Immucor Inc., fresh from a $2 billion buyout this summer, taps former Medtronic CEO William Hawkins to be its new CEO. Current CEO Joshua Levine is stepping down for personal reasons, according to the company.
1. More than 75 percent of med-tech companies go overseas first
Thanks to high costs and long review times in the U.S. market, more than three-quarters of medical device makers go overseas first when launching new products, according to researchers at Northwestern University.