It was, as predicted, the year of the IPO for medical device companies, with 25 filing initial public offerings during 2014, according to a MassDevice.com analysis.
The Society of Interventional Radiology, the Society for Vascular Surgery and 7 medical device companies are teaming up for the 1st large-scale study of inferior vena cava filters, 4 years after an FDA warning that the devices might dislodge or fracture.
Volcano (NSDQ:VOLC) said last week that its president for U.S. & APLAC commercial sales, Jorge (George) Quinoy, is leaving the company effective today.
Volcano (NSDQ:VOLC) said yesterday that it closed the buyout of AtheroMed and its Phoenix atherectomy catheter system, paying out roughly $116.5 million in cash but netting about $1.7 million in cash on hand from AtheroMed.
Volcano (NSDQ:VOLC) hopes to change its reputation with the $115 million acquisition of privately held AtheroMed and its Phoenix atherectomy catheter system.