Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unit DePuy Synthes said it agreed to acquire JointPoint and its surgeon-friendly navigation software for hip replacements for an undisclosed amount. Belleair Bluffs, Fla.-based JointPoint’s OneTrial software is designed to improve surgical outcomes in hip replacements by analyzing implant selection and positioning pre-surgical digital templating and case planning through non-invasive computer […]
ESC Congress 2019: Biotronik beats Abbott at target lesion failure
Biotronik said yesterday that its Orsiro stent tops the Xience stents made by Abbott (NYSE:ABT) when it comes to target lesion failure, according to data from a clinical trial. The randomized, controlled BioSTEMI trial was the first direct comparison between the two drug-eluting stents in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Biotronik announced […]
Medicare might cover more cutting-edge medtech and pay more for it, too
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said today it wants to give Medicare patients better access to cutting-edge medical devices, and that it’s willing to pay more for them beginning in fiscal year 2020. In its proposed rule, CMS said it might pay more for “certain transformative new devices” for inpatients through a […]
Huennekens out, Azarbarzin in at Verb Surgical | Personnel Moves, July 24, 2019
Veteran medtech executive Scott Huennekens is out as CEO of Verb Surgical, the robot-assisted surgery joint venture between Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Google parent Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL), which today installed Kurt Azarbarzin in the corner office. Azarbarzin, himself a medical device industry longtimer, was co-founder & CEO of SurgiQuest until its 2016 acquisition by ConMed (NSDQ:CNMD), where he was named […]
First state AG suit over pelvic mesh heads to trial
The first lawsuit filed by a state attorney general, California’s Xavier Becerra, over pelvic mesh products went to trial yesterday in San Diego. The lawsuit alleges that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon concealed the potential risks of pelvic mesh from the public and physicians. It’s the first of several lawsuits brought by state AGs […]
Johnson & Johnson ticks up on Q2 beats, raised sales outlook
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shares ticked up in pre-market trading today after the healthcare conglomerate posted second-quarter results that beat expectations and raised its sales outlook for the rest of the year. New Brunswick, N.J.-based J&J reported profits of $5.61 billion, or $2.08 per share, on sales of $20.56 billion for the three months ended […]
ITC takes up Johnson & Johnson complaint against Intuitive Surgical
The U.S. International Trade Commission this week voted to launch an investigation into Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon‘s complaint that Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) is importing surgical stapler cartridges from Mexico that allegedly infringe a quintet of Ethicon patents. In a complaint filed with the ITC May 30, Ethicon accused Intuitive’s EndoWrist and SureForm endocutters of infringing five […]
Johnson & Johnson unit loses 9th pelvic mesh case in Philly
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last week reportedly lost the ninth of eleven product liability lawsuits brought before a Pennsylvania state court when the jury awarded $500,000 in damages to the plaintiff. In handing down the July 28 verdict for Linda Dunfee and her husband Thomas Dunfee, the jury in the Philadelphia County Court […]
J&J’s Ethicon wins clearance for devices to deliver Grifols surgical sealant
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon has won FDA clearance for airless spray devices to deliver Grifols’ fibrin sealant to stop surgical bleeding, the companies announced today. The Vistaseal fibrin sealant will be the first product Grifols (NSDQ:GRFS) is introducing with Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Ethicon as part of a global partnership. Get the full story on our […]
7 companies using robot-assisted surgery to transform orthopedics
It seems as if every orthopedic device company is getting involved in robot-assisted surgery — rolling out robots to assist surgeons operating on the knee, hip, shoulder or spine. Two events in recent years especially signaled that robots were coming into their own in the space: Stryker spent $1.7 billion for Mako Surgical in order […]
J&J’s Ethicon files ITC complaint against Intuitive Surgical
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon wants the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) from importing robot-assisted surgical staplers it makes in Mexico, alleging that they infringe a quintet of Ethicon patents. In a complaint filed with the ITC last week, Ethicon accused Intuitive’s EndoWrist and SureForm endocutters of infringing five of its […]
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