MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were recipients of a $30 million grant to build brain implants for treating mental illness, targeting combat veterans coming home with brain injuries, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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DOD hands out $99.6 million in contracts to Hologic, GE, PositiveID | Medtech funding stories for the week of Apr. 7, 2014
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.
Siemens lands $1.8B Pentagon contract extension
Siemens Medical Systems (NYSE:SI) won a $1.79 billion extension on its contract to provide radiology systems to the U.S. Defense Dept.
The Pentagon said it pulled the trigger on its 5th option on the 1-year deal, which has another 2 option years ahead.
Pentagon exercises $150M contract options with Philips, GE Healthcare
Google Glass startup gains funding for flagship product | Medtech funding stories for the week of Mar. 17, 2014
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.
Hitachi, Omega Medical land $28M in DoD radiology deals
FujiFilm SonoSite lands $40M Pentagon contract
Vital Images, Toshiba land close to $200M in DoD deals
Vital Images and Toshiba Medical Systems’ (TYO:6502) American division secured a combined $198 million in separate supply deals with the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
Carestream lands $70M Defense Dept. extension
The U.S. Defense Dept. extended a contract with CareStream Health for a 5th year.
The $70.2 million contract extension for the Rochester, N.Y.-based medtech company will provide radiology systems, subsystems, and components for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies, the DoD said.