Swiss eye care company Alcon has signed up to partner with Google (NSDQ:GOOG) to commercialize "smart" contact lenses that can measure blood glucose levels and transmit reports wirelessly.
Deals Roundup
Covidien’s Nellcor and CAS Medical settle dispute for $275k
Philips and Salesforce ally on healthcare IT
Device makers tally $67M in Pentagon deals
The Defense Dept. handed out some $66.7 million in supply contracts to 5 medical device makers, covering Pap test kits, radiology and patient monitoring systems.
Diabetes: Insulet, DexCom rekindle partnership with mobile app for OmniPod
Diabetes: Medtronic and Sanofi ally on new drug-device combinations
Sorin, MicroPort land Chinese approval for joint CRM venture
Veterans Dept. signs Calgary Scientific, Agilex for on-demand access to diagnostic images
The Dept. of Veterans affairs handed imaging contracts to Calgary Scientific and Agilex to boost its mobile and remote access to diagnostic images.
The terms of the contract were not announced, but Agilex called the deal "competitive."
Agilex plans to build on Calgary’s ResolutionMD enterprise image-viewer, giving clinicians around the country secure, on-demand access on desktop and mobile devices.
Boston Scientific makes new friends in Israel
Massachusetts medical device maker Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has a new partner in Israel, agreeing to supply a slate of its products through local distributor Amos Gazit Ltd
Hologic, GE, PositiveID land near $100M in Defense contracts
The U.S. Dept. of Defense handed out $99.6 million in contracts to a trio of device makers, providing for radiology systems, patient monitoring and airborne bio-threat detection for a variety of military and civilian agencies.
Zimmer, Draeger and Altitude tally $234M in Pentagon supply deals
A trio of medical device makers collected Pentagon supply deals worth a collective $234.3 million, according to recent Defense Dept. reports.