Digirad Corp.(NSDQ:DRAD) handed over several on-the-shelf and in-development devices to Novadaq (TSE:NDQ) in a $2 million deal that includes 5 pending patent applications and the rights to 13 existing technologies.
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Novadaq and KCI tout $3M deal for Spy system
Novadaq Technologies Inc. (TSX:NDQ) signed multi-year sales and marketing agreements with Kinetic Concepts Inc. for the commercialization of its Spy imaging system.
KCI will pay Novadaq $3 million up front for the Toronto-based company’s fluorescence imaging system, which allows surgeons to assess tissue perfusion in real time. Novadaq will also receive additional milestone payments.
The agreements range from six to seven years and cover commercialization in North America, Europe and Japan.
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Smith & Nephew posted profits of $133 million, or 14.9 cents per share, on sales of $1.03 billion for the quarter – a top-line increase of 9.7 percent when compared with the $941 million in revenues reported for the same period last year. But Q3 2010 profits were $137 million, or 15.4 cents per share.