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The 10 most popular DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast episodes of 2020

December 31, 2020 By Tom Salemi

Without the ability to gather for events and meetings, the DeviceTalks team launched the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast to keep our medtech community talking. Over the span of 9 months and 39 episodes, we interviewed dozens of medtech leaders from startups to multinational corporations to hear how they’re managing through the challenges of 2020. Our episodes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abbott Laboratories, Ambu, BD, becton dickinson, Becton Dickonson, Boston Scientific, Checkable Medical, Corindus, DHL Supply Chain, Edwards Lifesciences, Exact Sciences, Intuitive Surgical, MDMA, Medtronic, Novant Health, Outset Medical, Philips, Stryker, Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.

States band together to purchase BD, Quidel antigen tests for COVID-19

August 5, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Seven U.S. states have formed an interstate compact with the Rockefeller Foundation to expand the use of rapid point-of-care antigen tests to better manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The compact — announced yesterday by a bipartisan group of governors leading the states — includes Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia. The idea is that […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured Tagged With: Becton Dickonson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Quidel Corp.

Dems seek to force EPA action on ethylene oxide monitoring

July 30, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Democrats in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to better monitor emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from plants that manufacture the toxic gas or use it to sterilize medical devices. The Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020, sponsored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester […]

Filed Under: Contract Manufacturing, Featured, Regulatory/Compliance, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: B. Braun, Becton Dickonson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Croda, Edwards Lifesciences, ethylene oxide, Medline Industries Inc., sterigenics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, viant

The top 5 medtech stories of the week — July 24, 2020

July 24, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

COVID-19 is surging back in the U.S., new jobless claims are up, but MassDevice’s most-read stories this week were mostly optimistic. That’s the takeaway from our inaugural MassDevice Top Five — a weekly recap of the most-read stories on MassDevice, the online business journal of the medical device industry. Want to hear more about the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured Tagged With: Abbott, BD, Becton Dickonson, Boston Scientific, coronavirus, COVID-19, Edwards Lifesciences, Elizabeth Holmes, MassDevice Top Five, Theranos

U.S. investing $42m to boost BD syringe and needle production

July 8, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

HHS’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is helping BD expand operations and manufacturing capacity in Nebraska to boost syringe and needle supplies for an eventual COVID-19 vaccine. Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) said today that the total project will cost $70 million, with BARDA providing $42 million. The company expects the new capacity to be online within […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, News Well, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: BD, Becton Dickonson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS)

BD launches COVID-19 antigen test that can produce results in 15 minutes

July 6, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it’s received an FDA emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 antigen test, which the company will start shipping this week. BD plans to ramp-up manufacturing capacity to 2 million tests per week by the end of September, with 10 million tests produced by the end of September. The tests run […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: BD, Becton Dickonson, coronavirus, COVID-19

7 ways the coronavirus is affecting medtech

March 20, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Medtech companies face some tough times as the deadly coronavirus pandemic gains steam. But could this be the medical device industry’s Dunkirk, too? Just days ago, MassMEDIC president Brian Johnson made a call-out on LinkedIn for people to send ideas about how Massachusetts medical device companies could help fight COVID-19. He drew an analogy to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Respiratory Tagged With: 3m, Abbott, Bayer, Becton Dickonson, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), coronavirus, Donald Trump, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, MassMEDIC, Medtronic, Philips, ResMed Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific

Medical device company stocks aren’t immune from coronavirus

March 9, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Major U.S. medical device company stocks have generally performed as poorly as others over the past two weeks as the global coronavirus outbreak drive markets down. Among 20 of the largest U.S. companies on Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice‘s annual Big 100 list, both the average and median decline in price was roughly 17% […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: 3m, Abbott, Alcon, Baxter, Becton Dickonson, Boston Scientific, Cardinal Health, coronavirus, Danaher Corp., Henry Schein Inc., Hologic, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Steris Corp., Stryker, Varian Medical Systems, Zimmer Biomet

BD beats The Street on Q4 results

November 5, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) today reported fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations. The Franklin Lakes, N.J.–based medtech company reported profits of $150 million, or $0.41 per share, on sales of $4.58 billion for the three months ended Sept. 20, 2019. BD lost -$135 million off $4.40 billion in revenue during the same quarter a year […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Becton Dickonson

Georgia seeks temporary halt to BD sterilization operation

October 22, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

The state of Georgia has asked a court to temporarily shutter a Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) medtech sterilization plant until it complies with state environmental regulations. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) filed a motion yesterday with Newton County Superior Court for a temporary restraining order to halt operations at BD’s Covington, Ga. plant, which uses ethylene oxide […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Regulatory/Compliance, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: Becton Dickonson, ethylene oxide, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Georgia to investigate BD medtech sterilization plant

October 18, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has opened an investigation into Becton Dickinson’s (NYSE:BDX) medical device sterilization plant in Covington, Ga. following an eight-day leak of the sterilant gas ethylene oxide (EO). The EPD notified BD this week that it was dissatisfied with the company’s reporting of the valve leak that released 54 lbs. of ethylene oxide […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Regulatory/Compliance, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: Becton Dickonson, ethylene oxide, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

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