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BrainScope Announces FDA Clearance for Smartphone Device Diagnosing TBI

BrainScope — a medtech specializing in traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnostic technology that is backed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)— has announced FDA clearance for Ahead 300, a hand-held medical device capable of objectively assessing the likelihood of...

October 3, 2016

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Clearing Kidney Stones Could Literally Have a Roller Coaster Remedy

While kidney stones are not the cause of death they were in generations past, helping them pass through the urinary tract can still be a challenge and involve a good amount of pain. What if instead the prescribed therapy was...

September 30, 2016

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Electronic Implants Under Skin, Open Doors & Provides Identification

Patrick Paumen doesn’t have to worry about forgetting his keys and being locked out of his apartment. That is because he doesn’t need a key anymore—he simply unlocks the door with a wave of his hand. The 32-year-old IT expert...

September 23, 2016

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Mylan CEO Claims EpiPens Aren’t As Profitable As Everyone Thinks

The drug company that makes the EpiPen says it isn’t nearly as profitable as many people assume it is. At least that’s the message Mylan NV CEO Heather Bresch will try to deliver to members of Congress today. Bresch, who...

September 23, 2016

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U.S. Medtech Is Taking Over in Europe

When U.S. medtech companies acquire European firms, the deals tend to be worth much more than those of European firms taking over American concerns. That’s according to a report by EP Vantage, which chalked the imbalance up to the fact that...

September 22, 2016

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J&J to Buy Abbott’s Eye-Surgery Equipment Unit for $4.325 billion 

Abbott Laboratories agreed to sell its eye-surgery equipment business to Johnson & Johnson for $4.325 billion as the health-care giants remake their lineups of medical devices, the companies said Friday. The all-cash deal, previously reported by The Wall Street Journal,...

September 21, 2016

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New Rules Aimed To Make Clinical Trials Safer, More Effective

Universities and drug companies that use human volunteers for research face tough new rules designed to make sure that valuable information from these volunteers is widely available, not only to the volunteers themselves but to scientists trying to advance medical...

September 20, 2016

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Insulet Enrolls First Patients in Clinical Trial for Omnipod® Artificial Pancreas System

BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Insulet Corporation (PODD) (Insulet or the Company), the leader in tubeless insulin pump technology with its Omnipod® Insulin Management System (Omnipod System), today announced the first patient has completed the feasibility study of the Omnipod Horizon™ Automated Glucose Control System (Omnipod Horizon...

September 15, 2016

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The Abundance of Broken Donated Medical Equipment In Low-Income Countries 

“Oh, we have a hematology analyzer but it stopped working,” the lab technician said as he pointed to a covered tabletop medical equipment in the corner used to measure blood count levels — an important but simple tool for a...

September 9, 2016