IlluminOss Medical Inc.
CircuLite raises $30M for world’s smallest blood pump | Funding Roundup
CircuLite Inc. landed $30 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round led by McAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and Forbion Capital Partners.
The Saddle Brook, N.J.-based company will use the funds to support the European commercial launch of its Synergy circulatory support system and to fund an investigational device exemption pilot study in the U.S.
CircuLite touts Synergy as the world’s smallest implantable heart pump, saying it’s roughly the size of a AA battery. The company expects to receive European Union CE Mark approval for the system during the first half of 2012.
Med-tech CEOs talk shop, the CRM slump keeps on slumping, former SNN exec bounces to AngioDynamics | MassDevice.com +3
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What keeps you up at night? | The MassDevice Big 100 Regional Roundtable CEO Panel
Med-tech leaders came together for a meeting of the minds at MassDevice’s first Big 100 Regional Roundtable in Waltham, Mass., July 11. Four CEOs, each representing an interesting and important sector of the life science industry – the fascinating juncture between orthopedics and minimally invasive techniques, genomics and personalized medicine, the cutting edge of bio-interactive nanotech coatings and the mid-cap medical device world – shared their thoughts on the particular challenges facing their businesses and the life sciences industry as a whole.
What keeps you up at night? Obstacles and opportunities in med-tech at the MassDevice Big 100 Regional Roundtable
FDA CDRH chief Dr. Jeffrey Shuren addresses the
audience in a live Q&A
Hundreds of representatives from New England’s medical device industry gathered last night at the MassDevice Big 100 Regional Roundtable at the Westin Hotel in Waltham, Mass., to share their experiences and ideas for the industry’s future.