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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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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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 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 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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Jan 27 | News
KARLSRUHE, Germany--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Bruker AXS GmbH announced today that it has acquired the assets of
Hecus X-ray Systems GmbH, a company focused on analytical instrumentation for Small
Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) based on advanced Kratky technology.
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Jan 25 | News
GATWICK, England--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Wound care clinicians’ calls for better diagnostic tools to aid
wound assessment have today been answered with the CE marking of WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status, the world’s first rapid,
point-of-care diagnostic test developed specifically for chronic wounds.
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Jan 25 | News
KYIV, Ukraine
/PRNewswire/ -- The Rinat Akhmetov (Development of Ukraine) Foundation
took bold strides in 2011 to advance patient care by acquiring a comprehensive
range of cancer management technology to equip the radiotherapy department at
Rivne Regional Oncologic Dispensary in Ukraine.
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Jan 20 | News
TORONTO--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority
on medical technology market intelligence, while the number of coronary
stenting procedures performed will show steady growth, stent selling prices
will decline significantly...
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Sep 2 2010 | Articles
MEDICA 2010 presents innovative treatment
options
For people suffering from back pain, good
advice is often hard to find and expensive to boot. Back pain is a disease of
great medical and economic significance. Back pain diagnostics and therapy is
therefore an important topic at MEDICA 2010, World Forum for Medicine -
International Trade Fair and Congress, to be held from November 17 – 20, 2010
in Düsseldorf, Germany. With more than 4,000 exhibitors from over 60 countries,
it is the world’s largest international medical trade fair and congress. In
addition to tried and true diagnostic and therapeutic options, many new
approaches and developments – from innovative orthotic devices or bandages to
muscle strengthening therapies and implants for spine surgeons – will be
presented at the trade fair and congress.
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