DJO Global said this week that it hired Jeffery McCaully as global president of its surgical business, effectively immediately. McCaulley succeeded Brady Shirley, who was named DJO’s president & CEO in November last year. McCaulley previously served as president & CEO of Smiths Medical, as well as president of Zimmer Biomet‘s (NYSE:ZBH) global reconstructive unit, where […]
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UPDATE: Potential Alcon sale worries Novartis investors
Updated to include new details of Novartis’ M&A strategy. Novartis (NYSE:NVS) CEO Joe Jimenez’s consideration of the sale of the Alcon subsidiary has investors worried that the influx of cash – Alcon’s surgical devices and contact lens business could fetch as much as $35 billion – will result in another misguided acquisition. The Swiss drugmaker […]
LivaNova snags former J&J exec Huston as CFO | Personnel Moves, May 24, 2017
LivaNova (NSDQ:LIVN) said last week that it picked up former Johnson & Johnson medical device group chief financial officer Thad Huston as its new CFO, effective May 20. Huston will replace former CFO Vivid Sehgal, who coordinated with Huston during the transition. Huston spent more than 25 years with Johnson & Johnson, and held various positions, […]
Novartis’ Ultibro Breezhaler tops corticosteroid for COPD in head-to-head study
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) said today that a new analysis of its head-to-head Flame trial showed that inhaled corticosteroids may not be necessary in some chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with high blood eosiophil counts. The data demonstrated that the company’s Ultibro Breezhaler provided better or similar benefits compared to Seretide, an inhaled corticosteroid, in COPD patients […]
Magenta raises $50m, inks partnership with Novartis for stem cell transplant drugs
Magenta Therapeutics said today that it closed a $50 million Series B round and licensed a clinical-stage program from Novartis (NYSE:NVS) to advance its stem cell transplantation platform. The company also inked a partnership deal with Be The Match BioTherapies. Google’s venture arm, GV, led the financing round and was joined by existing investors, including […]
Novartis slapped with $49m fine over kickbacks
South Korea regulators said today that it fined Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NYSE:NVS)$48.8 million for offering doctors kickbacks in exchange for recommending the company’s drugs to patients. The Ministry of Health and Welfare also decided to suspend insurance coverage of 9 variations of 2 drugs, including the Alzheimer’s drug Exelon, for 6 months, according to Reuters. Get […]
Novartis misses on rev, tops sales estimates in Q1
Shares in Novartis (NYSE:NVS) rose today after the pharmaceutical company met expectations on Wall Street with its 1st quarter earnings, but missed on sales largely thanks to growing pressure from generics to the company’s top-selling chemotherapy, Gleevec. The company posted profits of $1.92 billion, or 22¢ per share, on sales of $11.53 billion for the 3 months […]
Parvus inks exclusive license with Novartis for T1D nanomedicine
Parvus Therapeutics said today that it signed an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration deal with Novartis (NYSE:NVS) for its type 1 diabetes nanodrug, Navacim. The therapeutic candidate is made up of iron oxide nanoparticles coated with a peptide derived from a pancreatic autoantigen, according to Parvus. Navacims are the 1st biopharmaceuticals to restore immune tolerance through […]
Glaukos slides on report of increased competition from Alcon
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) shares are off some 7% today on a report that increased competition from the Alcon unit of Novartis (NYSE:NVS). The once-high-flying stock could lose 30% of its value this year as Glaukos loses its monopoly on the ocular stent, according to a report today in Barron’s. The San Clemente, Calif.-based company’s iStent, which won FDA […]
This contact lenses breakthrough could enable glucose monitoring
Biosensing contact lenses may not be able to self-heal like “The Terminator,” but they could measure blood glucose and detect other signs of disease in the future. Oregon State University researchers are set to present a study that suggests transparent biosensors that are embedded into contact lenses could provide insight for doctors and patients without […]
Propeller Health, Novartis ink collaboration for connected inhaler
Propeller Health said today that it landed a collaborative agreement with Novartis (NYSE:NVS) to develop a custom add-on sensor for the Breezhaler inhaler. The partnership is focused on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Europe. The Breezhaler is a capsule-based, dry powder inhaler and is a part of Novartis’ portfolio of COPD therapies. The custom […]