May 18 | News
Devon Medical Products,
a global medical device manufacturer and distributor, today announced PKUcare
BeiYi Pharmaceutical Co. (PKU) as a strategic distribution partner in the
People’s Republic of China.
Under the agreement, PKU will distribute...
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May 4 | News
The grass is greener on the other side. That is traditionally how device makers have viewed Europe
when it comes to medical device regulation and the ease of getting
products approved and commercialized compared to the U.S.
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May 4 | News
The United
States spends more on health care than 12
other industrialized countries yet does not provide "notably
superior" care, according to a new study from The Commonwealth Fund. The U.S. spent nearly $8,000 per person in 2009 on
health care services...
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May 2 | News
Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, honored
Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute by presiding over the inauguration
of its Elekta Synergy linear accelerator on April 20 in Guwahati. The
Synergy system – equipped to perform the most advanced radiotherapy...
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Apr 2 | News
CRAWLEY, England/PRNewswire/
-- Elekta announced today it has received clearance to CE mark Agility™*,
a revolutionary beam-shaping device integrated into the head of a linear
accelerator (linac). Patients and clinics will benefit from the speed and
reliability of this new MLC design.
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Mar 22 | News
NEW YORK (GBI Research) -
The emerging countries of India,
Brazil and China are
seeing swift increases in the prevalence of diabetes, as financial development
is met by unhealthy lifestyle choices and subsequent chronic disease, according
to a new report by business intelligence expert GBI Research.
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Mar 13 | News
TORONTO--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority
on medical technology market intelligence, the interventional cardiology (IC)
market in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey will reach a value of
more than $460 million by 2016.
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Feb 9 | News
LYON, France--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--The MEDICREA group, a medical company specialized in the development
of innovative surgical technologies for the treatment of spinal pathologies,
today announced the approval by the FDA of the PASS MIS system and the first
PASS MIS surgery...
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Feb 9 | News
AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Tornier N.V., a global medical device company focused on providing
surgical solutions to orthopaedic extremity specialists, today announced it
will highlight a range of products and patient education programs at the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons...
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Feb 9 | News
NESHER, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoVibronix, a medical
device company which develops innovative therapeutic ultrasound applications,
reported that a study titled “Surface Acoustic Waves Increase the
Susceptibility of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms to Antibiotic Treatment” has
been published...
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Feb 9 | News
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alverix announced today
that BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has received approval from the Japanese
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) for the BD Veritor™ System Flu
A+B Test. The BD Veritor System was developed...
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Feb 7 | Articles
Start-ups and large
device makers alike have difficulty bringing new products to market without
greater predictability and transparency from the FDA. According to an online survey
funded by the medical technology industry’s Institute for Health Technology
Studies, most medical device companies today are seeking regulatory approval
and launching their products overseas first. This article will look at whether
this is a good business decision for all device manufacturers.
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Feb 5 | News
(Wellcome Trust) A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics today. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens...
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Feb 2 | News
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Over the last twelve months, medical technology companies publically
announced the investment of approximately €170m and the creation of an
estimated 875 jobs in Ireland over the coming years, according to the Irish
Medical Device Association (IMDA)...
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Feb 1 | News
Stouffville, Ontario—Following Health Canada
approval, the Zenith Low Profile AAA
Endovascular Graft (Zenith AAA LP) from Cook Medical is now approved and
will be launched to physicians in Canada. With a low-profile delivery
system diameter of 18 Fr and simplified deployment...
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Feb 1 | News
Singapore - (ACN Newswire) - Genome Institute of Singapore's
(GIS) Associate Director of Genomic Technologies, Dr Yijun RUAN, led a
continuing study on the human genome spatial/structural configuration,
revealing how genes interact/communicate and influence each other, even when...
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Jan 31 | News
DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. announced today that the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TISSEEL [Fibrin Sealant] to
include general hemostasis in surgery when control of bleeding by standard
surgical techniques is ineffective or impractical.
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