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J&J gets in on $25m Torax Medical Series E
Torax Medical recently updated on the $25 million Series E round it 1st announced in an SEC filing in late July, saying the round was led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Funds from the round are...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 11, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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CMS proposes cardiac rehabilitation plan
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late last month proposed a new model of bundled payments for cardiac rehabilitation services. The newly unveiled model would provide incentive payments to...
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IBM Watson inks deal with 21 Chinese hospitals
IBM‘s (NYSE:IBM) Watson health group said today that inked a deal to supply 21 hospitals in China with its Watson for Oncology platform designed to assist in providing personalized, evidence-based...
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Aethlon claims 50% blood serum clearance of Zika virus in 5 hours
Aethlon Medical (OTC:AEMD) said today that data from in vitro Zika virus studies of its Hemopurifier blood filter indicated a 50% clearance of the virus from human blood serum in 5 hours. The San...
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Regulatory, clinical consultant CSSi LifeSciences inks deal with Colorado...
Regulatory and clinical consultant group CSSi LifeSciences said today it inked a corporate strategic partnership with Colorado nonprofit incubator Innosphere. Get the rest of the story at our sister...
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Malaysia update: Labeling, exemptions, advertising rules
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group Medical device market regulators in Malaysia have recently issued new and updated rules regarding the planned transition to new labeling requirements, as well as...
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Derma Sciences closes $80m deal for BioD
Derma Sciences (NSDQ:DSCI) said yesterday that it closed its acquisition of regenerative allograft maker BioD in a deal worth up to $78 million, including milestones and earn-outs. Princeton,...
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Details emerge on Apple’s new health wearable
New details on the new health wearable Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is said to be developing emerged yesterday when the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office released a patent application for a wrist- or ankle-worn...
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Fractyl touts 1st-in-human data, grabs ex-GI Dynamics medical chief Maggs
Fractyl Laboratories today touted the publication of 1st-in-human data from a trial of its Revita duodenal mucosal resurfacing device and said it picked up former GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) medical chief...
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Dutch coating supplier’s recall gives Cook Medical another headache
A Dutch supplier’s recall led to another headache for Cook Medical, already scrambling to recover from a massive catheter recall, when it prompted a partial recall of a wire guide used during...
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Bonesupport wins FDA nod for Cerament G trial
Bonesupport said it won an investigational device exemption for the Fortify clinical trial of its next-generation Cerament G injectable antibiotic-eluting bone substitute. Cerament G product is an...
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Seno Medical grabs ex-CeloNova CFO Davis | Personnel Moves August 12, 2016
Seno Medical grabs ex-CeloNova CFO Davis Seno Medical Instuments said this week it tapped former CeloNova BioSciences chief financial officer Eric Davis to take over the CFO role at Seno Medical. Prior...
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Pursuit Vascular raises $2.1m
Pursuit Vascular has raised $2.1 million in a new round of debt financing, according to an SEC filing posted today. Maple Grove, Minn.-based Pursuit Vascular produces the ClearGueard HD end caps for...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 12, 2016
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Lantheus deals Australian radiopharmacy supply biz to GMS
Lantheus Medical Imaging (NSDQ:LNTH) said yesterday it is selling its Australian radiopharmacy servicing business to Global Medical Solutions. As part of the deal, Lantheus and GMS entered into a...
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TAVR: Study shows benefit of Claret Medical’s Sentinel cerebral protection...
A study released this week reported that the use of Claret Medical‘s cerebral protection device during transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures in patients with severe aortic stenosis can...
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Texas Medical Centers adds 11 medtech startups to incubator
The Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute on Wednesday announced the addition of 11 startups specifically focused on medical devices, a 1st for the incubator, as part of its TMCx program. As part...
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Making continuous improvements in the combination products program: The...
By: Thinh Nguyen and Rachel E. Sherman, M.D., M.P.H. One question that sponsors often ask FDA is whether their medical product will be regulated as a drug, a device, a biologic, or as a combination...
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Mazor X unveiling triggers another $20m from Medtronic
Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) said today that the unveiling last month of its Mazor X robot-assisted spine surgery platform triggered the 2nd step in a 3-stage equity deal with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT)....
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