IlluminOss Medical said today it picked ex-OmniGuide sales & marketing veep Manny Avila as its new chief exec. Prior to his time as sales & marketing veep with OmniGuide, Avila served as veep of commercial operations and surgical solutions in Europe for Covidien, and had management roles at Aspect Medical, Synthes Inc. and Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE), IlluminOss […]
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GPOs: Bovie inks J-Plasma deal with Amerinet
Bovie Medical (NYSE:BVX) said yesterday it signed a 3-year group purchase organization agreement with Amerinet to supply its members with Bovie’s J-Plasma. Clearwater, Fla.-based Bovie Medical’s J-Plasma is a plasma-based cutter and coagulator that uses helium ionization to produce a focused beam of ionized gas over a blade, used for cutting or coagulating during surgeries. “This […]
Cook elevates medical prez Yonkin to Cook Group prez | Personnel Moves
Cook said yesterday that Cook Medical president Pete Yonkman will become the new president of Cook Group Inc., as current president Kem Hawkins is slated to retire on July 1. “Under Kem’s leadership, we have seen exciting new opportunities to help patients, our employees, and the communities where we operate. With his guidance, our company […]
Ex-Stryker CFO Hartman wins CEO job at ConMed | Personnel Moves
Bluegrass Vascular taps ex-ArthoCare R&D chief Niederauer for CEO | Personnel Moves
Bovie Medical settles shareholder lawsuit for $850k after making some changes
New York device maker Bovie Medical (NYSE:BVX) can finally walk away from a long-running shareholder lawsuit after coming to a settlement agreement that will cost the company less than $1 million.
Volcano’s commercial sales prez bows out | Personnel Moves
CFN taps BSX exec for board | Medtech personnel moves for the week of May 12, 2014
CareFusion taps Boston Scientific exec Bose for board | Personnel Moves
Bovie Medical names new CEO, lands $7M
Bovie Medical’s (NYSE:BVX) latest funding round came with some major changes for the New York medical device maker, including a C-Suite shuffle that swapped former CEO Andrew Makrides for new chief Robert Gershon.
Bovie Medical settles lawsuit with former exec for $400k
Bovie Medical (NYSE:BVX) said it reached a new settlement with a former executive that puts to bed a long-running lawsuit for $400,000.