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Medtronic taps Brigham & Women’s prez Nabel for board | Personnel Moves

September 18, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Medtronic taps Brigham & Women's prez Nabel for board | Personnel Moves

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Abiomed, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Hanger Inc., Personnel Moves, wrightmedical

NeuroMetrix names new consumer GM | Personnel Moves

September 4, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

NeuroMetrix names new consumer GM | Personnel Moves

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Advanced Cell Technology Inc., Aurora Spine, Electromed, Hanger Inc., Neurometrix, Optos Inc., Palomar Medical Technologies Inc., Personnel Moves, SinuSys

Abiomed loses IR exec to Boston Scientific | Personnel Moves

November 22, 2013 By Chris Walker Leave a Comment

fired/hired

Susan Vissers Lisa, the former director of investor relations at Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD), was named vice president of IR at Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX).

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Abiomed, Aurora Spine, Boston Scientific, ClearCorrect, Deloitte, Hanger Inc., Hospira Inc., Osprey Medical, Personnel Moves, Zimmer Biomet

Hanger shares plunge on Q2 earnings

August 7, 2013 By Sony Salzman Leave a Comment

Hanger shares plunge on Q2 earnings

Hanger Inc. (NYSE:HGR) missed the mark in the 2nd quarter, posting numbers that came in well below the Street’s expectations, missing analysts average per-share estimates by 7¢.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: 2013, Hanger Inc., Q2

Boston Marathon bombing: Prosthetics makers support victims facing “harsh and unreasonable” insurance limits

May 1, 2013 By Brian Johnson Leave a Comment

B Strong Boston Marathon bombing

A group of prosthetic device makers has pledged to provide financial support to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing who lost limbs as a result of last month’s attack.

The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association launched its "Coalition to Walk and Run Again," an effort to aide uninsured and under-insured victims of the April 15th bombing. The attack killed 3 people and left more than 200 injured, several of whom lost portions of their legs as a result.

Filed Under: News Well, Prosthetics Tagged With: Hanger Inc., Insurance, Ossur

Shire bets big on regenerative medicine, eyeing a $1B return | Wall Street Beat

June 18, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Shire (NSDQ:SHPGY) has high hopes for its regenerative medicine units, aiming to forge a $1 billion business within the decade.

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Regenerative Medicine, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Advanced BioHealing Inc., Deals Roundup, Echo Therapeutics Inc., Hanger Inc., Premier Inc., Shire Plc.

Medical Device Tax: Ten companies in line for a whack

April 2, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com covers the medical device tax

The medical device tax set to take effect next year as part of the Affordable Care Act will see all medical device companies pay a 2.3% levy on U.S. sales. But the tax is likely to strike some companies a lot harder where it hurts the most: the bottom line.

More MassDevice coverage of the med-tech tax

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Abbott, Allergan, Analogic, becton dickinson, Boston Scientific, Cantel Medical Corp., CareFusion Corp., Covidien, Danaher Corp., Fresenius, Hanger Inc., Hologic, integer, Integra LifeSciences, Johnson and Johnson, Merit Medical Systems, Siemens, Sirona, Varian Medical Systems, Zoll Medical

Orthopedists spend billions on unneeded tests in self-defense | MassDevice.com On Call

February 10, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Orthopedic surgeons may be spending billions each year ordering unnecessary tests in order to protect themselves from potential liability lawsuits, a national survey found

More than ¾ of survey respondents said they would order fewer tests "if there was significant medical liability reform."

Researchers calculated that the "defensive medicine" efforts cost Medicare about $2.1 billion each year, MedPageToday reported.

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, News Well, Orthopedics, Prosthetics Tagged With: Hanger Inc., Insulin Management, PositiveID Corp.

Thoratec soars after killing it in Q3 | Earnings Roundup

February 9, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Thoratec

Thoratec (NSDQ:THOR) shares are up more than 11% today after the heart pump maker put mid-double-digit profit growth numbers on the board for the 4th quarter and full-year 2011.

The Pleasanton, Calif.-based cardiac assist device maker logged profits of $15.3 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, on sales of $109.4 million for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, 2011. That’s a 46.4% bottom-line gain and a top-line boost of 12.1%, compared with profits of $10.5 million, or 17 cents diluted EPS, on sales of $97.6 million during Q4 2010.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Structural Heart, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Accuray Inc., Advanced BioHealing Inc., Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Cerner Corp., Hanger Inc., Misonix, pSivida Corp., Q4, Shire Plc., Steris Corp., Thoratec Corp.

Doctors replace man’s heart with medical device (video) | MassDevice.com On Call

February 6, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — A new documentary short entitled "Heart Stop Beating" was released recently, detailing the efforts of 2 doctors who successfully replaced a man’s entire heart with a "continuous flow" rotor-driven device.

The implant proved for the first time that it’s possible to live without a pulse or a heartbeat.

Filed Under: Implants, News Well, Research & Development Tagged With: Hanger Inc., Texas Heart Institute

SonoSite taps new CFO | Personnel Moves

January 2, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

SonoSite

SonoSite (NSDQ: SONO) said it’s replacing retiring CFO Marcus Smith with Anil Amlani, head of its VisualSonics subsidiary.

Smith’s last day as the ultrasound device maker’s top financial mind is today; he’s slated to stay on at the Bothell, Wash.-based company until Jan. 5, according to a press release.

Smith had been with SonoSite since 2007, according to the release.

Filed Under: News Well, Ultrasound Tagged With: Boston Scientific, BSD Medical Corp., Delcath Systems Inc., Fujifilm, Hanger Inc., Integra LifeSciences, Personnel Moves, Scripps Research Institute, wrightmedical, Zoll Medical

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