A Pennsylvania man has filed a lawsuit against B. Braun Medical over emissions of the sterilant gas ethylene oxide (EtO). The man, Adam Akarsoy, lives and works near a B. Braun sterilization plant in Hanover, Pa., and filed the federal lawsuit seeking certification as a class action. Akarsoy claims that B. Braun “has consistently emitted, on average, nearly […]
B. Braun Medical names new chairman & CEO
B. Braun Medical has announced that Jean-Claude Dubacher will succeed longtime company leader Carroll Neubauer as chairman and CEO on Jan. 1, 2020. Neubauer will stay on as chairman and CEO of B. Braun of America, which owns B. Braun Medical (Bethlehem, Pa.), admixture pharmaceutical firm CAPS, Aesculap and B.Braun Interventional Systems. He has been […]
Everything you need to know about medical device creation
Medtech development is hard. Medical device creation can require manufacturing know-how in areas as wide-ranging as electrical components, high-performance polymers, molding and machining – and that doesn’t even include the required expertise in design, regulatory requirements and achieving reimbursement. The good news is that the companies serving the medical device industry have become specialized experts. […]
Stent makers point to quality-of-life findings by massive federal study
The giant federal study that found the use of stents in stable heart-disease patients is no better than drugs to treat clogged arteries reached another, less-hyped conclusion. Manufacturers of stents for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) note that the Ischemia study also concluded that patients who undergo a stenting procedure have a better quality of life. They suffer […]
Study: Stents no better than drugs for stable heart disease
This article has been updated with stock market results and comments from Medtronic. A major new study has concluded that the use of stents in stable heart disease patients is no better than drugs to treat clogged arteries. Results of the Ischemia study were released at the American Heart Association annual meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday. The […]
B. Braun recalls 2,600 infusion sets
B. Braun Medical is voluntarily recalling one lot of an infusion pump administration set due to the potential for leakage and disconnection. Customers complained about the problems occurring at the bonded joint between the tubing and injection site for the company’s Infusomat space volumetric infusion pump administration sets, according to the Melsungen, Germany-based company. The […]
The 20 largest medical device companies in the world
Consolidations continue to transform the roster of largest medical device companies in the world — as evidenced by the latest Big 100 list at our sister site Medical Design & Outsourcing. Overall, Big 100 companies saw $397.5 billion in sales during their most recent fiscal years, up 3.5% from the previous year. As companies continue to […]
B. Braun pledges $1B to alleviate IV solution shortages
B. Braun said yesterday that it is investing $1 billion into new and enhanced IV therapy manufacturing facilities to help alleviate saline and other IV fluid shortages faced by healthcare providers in the U.S. The investment, dubbed ‘Solutions for Life’ initiative, includes a new manufacturing facility in Daytona Beach, Fla. and improvements to existing facilities […]
The 20 largest medical device companies in the world
The medical device industry saw even more consolidation over the past year, as evidenced by Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s newest Big 100 list. It used to be that a company had to have at least $100 million in annual revenue to make it on the list. This time around, No. 100 on the list is […]
UPDATE: NxStage deals bloodlines biz to B Braun to mollify FTC in sale to Fresenius
UPDATE: Now includes information from NxStage indicating that the sale was part of the process to obtain FTC clearance for its sale to Fresenius. B. Braun said today it inked a deal to acquire the NxStage Medical‘s (NSDQ:NXTM) bloodlines business, which operates under the Medisystems moniker. Bethlehem, Penn.-based B. Braun did not release any details of the […]
EuroPCR 2018: Study compares drug-coated balloons in patients with arterial in-stent restenosis
At this year’s annual EuroPCR meeting, Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSXtouted results from the first trial to compare two drug-coated balloons with different drug formulations – Boston Scientific’s Agent paclitaxel-coated PTCA device and B. Braun’s SeQuent Please balloon. The 125-patient study evaluated the balloons in patients with in-stent restenosis of a lesion previously treated with a drug-eluting stent or drug-coated balloon. […]
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