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DTW: What in the world will Thrive Earlier Detection do with $257 million?

July 31, 2020 By Tom Salemi

In this week’s podcast, two executives from Thrive Earlier Detection explain how the “turbo-charged” diagnostics company intends to upend how, when and where cancer is diagnosed. Dr. Isaac Kinde, co-founder and head of research and innovation, walks us through the company’s CancerSEEK test and how the company is marrying new technology with an innovative clinical […]

Filed Under: Device Talks Podcasts, Diagnostics, Featured, Oncology, Special Content Tagged With: Aetna, Baxter, Boston Scientific, Conformal Medical, DeviceTalks Weekly, Hologic, Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.

The top 5 MassDevice stories of the week — July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

The past week has seen a slew of Q2 earnings reports from medical device companies — and the picture overall hasn’t been pretty amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, medtech CEOs during their earnings calls said they’re starting to see some signs of hospital procedures recovering a bit even as the southern U.S. deals with a […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Dialysis, Digital Health, Featured, Orthopedics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Aetna, Ayogo Health, Baxter, conformis, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dexcom, Hologic, MassDevice Top Five, Smith+Nephew, Sorrento Therapeutics

Aetna accuses Conformis of trying to use patient’s lawsuit to compel coverage

July 27, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Joint replacement implant maker Conformis (NSDQ:CFMS) is improperly using a Colorado man’s denial of benefits lawsuit to force Aetna to cover its customized knee implants, the health insurer recently argued in a federal court filing. Billerica, Mass.-based Conformis joined John Michael Schaub of Golden, Colo., in his lawsuit against Aetna, filed in May in U.S. District Court […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, News Well, Orthopedics Tagged With: Aetna, conformis

Judge clears CVS to buy Aetna for $70B

September 5, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

A federal judge has approved CVS Health’s (NYSE:CVS) $70 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna (NYSE:AET). Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had threatened to delay or kill the merger in December over antitrust concerns. The American Medical Association, among others, had expressed concerns about the deal. The […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Aetna, CVS Health

Judge threatens to delay or even spike $70m CVS-Aetna merger

December 3, 2018 By Brad Perriello

A federal judge last week reportedly threatened to derail the already-closed $70 billion buyout of health insurer Aetna (NYSE:AET) by CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), saying he felt “kept in the dark, kind of like a mushroom.” At a normally routine hearing last week prior to approving the deal, Judge Richard Leon, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Aetna, CVS Health

ACC ’18 Roundup: Abbott releases long-term HeartMate 3 data

March 12, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) touted two-year data yesterday from its trial designed to compare the company’s HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device to its HeartMate 2 device in patients with advanced heart failure. Data from the study were published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session. More […]

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Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Clinical Trials, Diagnostics, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Research & Development, Structural Heart, Vascular, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Aetna, AliveCor, iRhythm Technologies Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Medtronic, OrbusNeich, Philips, Scripps Research Institute, Zoll Medical

CVS Health to buy Aetna in $69B merger

December 4, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) plans to buy health insurer Aetna (NYSE:AET) in a $69 billion merger, according to a report from The New York Times. The deal comes as companies like Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN), which is reportedly trying to launch into the pharmacy business, are looking to change the way that consumers interact with the healthcare industry. Get the full story at our sister […]

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pharmaceutical, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Aetna, Amazon, CVS Health

Boston Scientific logs reimbursement wins

November 14, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Boston Scientific logs reimbursement wins

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) yesterday revealed a trifecta of reimbursement wins for its S-ICD subcutaneous defibrillator from the American Medical Assn., Medicare and Aetna.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Aetna, American Medical Assn., Boston Scientific, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Diabetes: Medtronic teams up with Aetna to tackle Type II diabetes

March 5, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Diabetes: Medtronic teams up with Aetna to tackle Type II diabetes

Filed Under: Big Data, News Well Tagged With: Aetna, Deals Roundup, Insulin Management, Minnesota

NxStage Medical lands Aetna reimbursement win

June 18, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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Health insurance and technology giant Aetna modified its policy on NxStage Medical’s (NSDQ:NXTM) System One home hemodialysis system. dubbing the device "medically necessary" rather than "experimental."

Filed Under: Medicare, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Aetna, Insurance, NxStage Medical Inc.

MAKO’s plunge may be good news for buyers | Wall Street Beat

May 17, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) has had a tough month on Wall Street, with shares having lost 45% since the end of April, but not everyone is running for the hills.

Earlier this week a company director, Frederick Moll, picked up another 5,000 shares at $24.15 each, representing the 1st insider buy on the open market since late last year.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abiomed, Aetna, Athenahealth Inc., BSD Medical Corp., Covidien, Deals Roundup, Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd., MAKO Surgical Corp., NxStage Medical Inc., SuperDimension Inc.

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