Shares in Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) held steady today after the company met earnings expectations on Wall Street but missed analysts’ sales estimates with its first-quarter results. The Secaucus, N.J.-based company posted profits of $177 million, or $1.27 per share, on sales of $1.88 million for the 3 months ended March 31, for bottom-line growth of 7.9% on sales […]
Pulmonx taps ex-Asthmatx CEO French for the corner office | Personnel Moves
Pulmonx said yesterday that it named Glen French, the co-founder and CEO of Asthmatx who led it to an acquisition by BSX, to be its new president and chief executive.
Hill-Rom rises on Q3 prelims, needs new CFO
Rusckowski out, DiSanzo in at Philips Healthcare
Steve Rusckowski is leaving the corner office at Philips Healthcare (NYSE:PHG) to succeed Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) CEO Surya Mohapatra.
Conceptus names new CEO, lowers 2012 guidance | Personnel Moves
In a sudden switch, Conceptus (NSDQ:CPTS) named Keith Grossman president & CEO upon the resignation of Mark Sieczkarek, whose departure was announced on the heels of lowered sales guidance for 2012.
Sieczkarek’s resignation, after 7 years at the helm, was announced simultaneously with Grossman’s appointment. Grossman will join the company’s board of directors, from which Sieczkarek also resigned.
Med-tech industry to FDA: IOM’s 510(k) report falls way short
The Institute of Medicine’s report on the FDA’s 510(k) clearance process for medical devices falls so far out of the scope of the questions it was meant to answer that it’s essentially meaningless, med-tech industry reps told the agency during negotiations over re-authorizing the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Act.
Kidney dialysis in a purse | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Singapore’s Awak Technologies Pte. has cut a dialysis machine down to the size of a purse with its portable, wearable artificial kidney.
The product is undergoing animal and lab tests in Singapore and the company hopes to submit data for European and U.S. regulatory review in 2013.
Several U.S. companies are simultaneously developing their own wearable hemodialysis machines, but none have yet hit the market, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Medsquire sues Quest, HP, 12 others in HIT patent spat
Medsquire LLC slapped 14 companies, including some of corporate America’s biggest names, with a patent infringement lawsuit covering electronic medical records systems.
FDA approves low testosterone gel from Abbott | Regulatory roundup
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) landed FDA approval for a new testosterone-boosting product.
The company’s AndroGel 1.62% is treatment for male low testosterone levels, also know as hypogonadism, which affects nearly 14 million men in the United States, according to the company.
Quest’s $740 million Athena buyout gets FTC go-ahead | Acquisitions roundup
The Federal Trade Commission approved Quest Diagnostics Inc.’s (NYSE:DGX) $740 million cash purchase of Athena Diagnostics Inc. from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO).
Madison, N.J.-based Quest won an early termination of the premerger review from the FTC, bringing the company another step closer to acquiring the Worcester, Mass.-based laboratory, which specializes in genetic testing for neurological disorders.
AssureRx drums up $11 million | Funding roundup
Personalized medicine test maker AssureRx Health completed an $11 million Series B round.
The Mason, Ohio-based company plans to use the funding to expand sales and marketing for its GeneSightRx test, which helps doctors pick the right psychiatric drugs for patients based on their genes. The company launched the test in 2009.
AssureRx also intends use the investment to develop an unspecified second product, according to the company.
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