Medtech

Many people will be surprised to learn that Theranos is still open and doing business, let alone to be able to acquire a $100M loan.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it plans to let medical device makers report less serious malfunctions of some devices on a quarterly basis to cut down on repeated reviews of common problems.
For the first time in years, the medical device tax will take effect Jan. 1, after Congress left town without delivering on a long-promised delay or repeal.
“2018 will prove to be a landmark year for wearable technology as it continues to carve out its space within mainstream healthcare...”
Corvia Medical said its investigational transcatheter structural heart device to treat heart failure has demonstrated success in reducing exercise pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in trial patients.
Before founding Zynex over two decades ago, Thomas Sandgaard was a man who had just moved to the U.S. from Denmark, starting in a one-bedroom apartment, only a humble few thousand dollars to his name.
The company said it would use the funds to study MicroStat, a fixed combination micro-formulation product used to dilate the eyes during an eye exam.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, alleges that Mario Schackelman jumped ship for Zimmer Biomet on Oct. 31 after a decade of selling for Synthes despite clauses in his contract barring him for working for a competitor for two years.
France’s competition authority finedJ&K $29.6M on Wednesday after it ruled the company had deliberately slowed market access to generic copies of its painkiller Durogesic.
VTI is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Jean Franchi to its Board of Directors, and as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.
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