GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) released an urgent field safety notice to warn of six potential safety issues with its ApexPro telemetry system under certain conditions. The ApexPro is supposed to provide vital patient information in healthcare settings. But when the ApexPro telemetry transmitter is out of wireless range, its battery has been depleted or a communication failure […]
Report: Imaging industry put $9m into pushing 3D mammograms despite lack of evidence
Companies that make 3D mammography equipment have spent millions on marketing the devices, even though scientific evidence of their superiority to traditional mammography is lacking, according to a new report. The report by Kaiser Health News says that Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX), GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE), Siemens Healthineers and Fujifilm (TSE:4901) have paid doctors and teaching hospitals a collective $9.2 […]
GE Healthcare to market Theragnostics’ new PET/CT imaging agent for prostate cancer
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) said today that it entered into a global commercial partnership with Theragnostics for its prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT imaging agent. The agreement stipulates that Theragnostics is to lead the development of the GalliProst diagnostic tracer, while GE Healthcare is slated to lead pre-approval commercial preparations, plus all commercial and distribution activities after […]
The 10 largest medical device companies in the world
The merger of the French lens manufacturer Essilor with Italian eyewear maker Luxottica boosted the new EssilorLuxottica into the top 10 of the Big 100 list of largest medical device companies in the world — produced by our sister site Medical Design & Outsourcing. Overall, consolidation continues to play a major role in shaping the […]
FDA clears GE Healthcare X-ray algorithms
GE Healthcare said today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI algorithms embedded in a mobile X-ray device. The mobile X-ray device was built in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco using GE Healthcare’s Edison platform. The AI algorithms, which the company calls Critical Care Suite, are designed to reduce […]
Check-Cap, GE Healthcare close manufacturing line transfer
Check-Cap (NSDQ:CHEK) said it finalized a manufacturing line transfer implementation and qualification with the healthcare business at General Electric (NYSE:GE) for its C-Scan system, a preparation-free ingestible scanning capsule-based system designed to prevent colorectal cancer. The C-Scan system is in the midst of a pilot clinical trial at the New York University School of Medicine and […]
GE Healthcare enters AI-powered aneurysm research effort
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) has joined a research collaboration with Fujitsu Australia and an Australian university and imaging clinic to diagnose and monitor brain aneurysms on scans faster and more efficiently using artificial intelligence (AI). The project with Macquarie University and Macquarie Medical Imaging today landed a $1.4 million grant from the Australian government. Fujitsu will […]
General Electric slips despite Q2 earnings beat, raised outlook
General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares took a hit today after the industrial conglomerate missed the consensus forecast for its second-quarter sales, despite topping the earnings forecast and raising its outlook on the rest of the year. Boston-based GE posted losses of -$61.0 million, or -1¢ per share, on sales of $26.79 billion for the three months ended […]
GE Healthcare recall involves tens of thousands of infant warmers
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) has alerted health providers to inspect the bedside panels and latch areas of all Giraffe and Panda i-Res infant warmers, after 338 complaints of panels malfunctioning. In two cases, infants fell from warmers and cracked their skulls, but there have been no reports of deaths, according to the U.S. FDA. The FDA […]
DHS warns on GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices
The U.S. Homeland Security Dept. yesterday warned of cybersecurity vulnerabilities with the GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices. The DHS Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, acting on weaknesses discovered by researchers at CyberMDX, said the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely modify GE Healthcare anesthesia device parameters. The vulnerability comes from a […]
Report: SEC probes GE Healthcare, Philips, Siemens in Chinese bribery scheme
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating three of the world’s largest medical device makers for their alleged participation in a bribery scheme in China. The SEC probe involves Siemens (NYSE:SI), Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) and GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE), which allegedly used local middlemen to bribe Chinese government and hospital officials to buy their medical equipment, Reuters reported, […]
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