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Axonics Receives CE Mark for Sacral Neuromodulation External Trial System

Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc., developer of the first rechargeable Sacral Neuromodulation (r-SNM™) system for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, announced today that it has received the CE mark for its Sacral Neuromodulation External Trial System. Axonics received CE mark in June 2016 for...

July 9, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA Clearance for Embolx’s Next Gen Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheter

Embolx, Inc., a medical device company developing microcatheters for arterial embolization procedures, today announced that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its next generation family of Sniper® Balloon Occlusion Microcatheters,...

July 9, 2018

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Breath Biopsy Platform Wins UK’s Most Prestigious Award for Innovative Engineering

Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has announced the team behind the Company’s unique Breath Biopsy® platform has been named the winner of the MacRobert Award 2018 by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Owlstone Medical’s Breath...

July 6, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Boston Scientific to Pay $202 Million for Cryterion Medical

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cryterion Medical, Inc., a privately-held company developing a single-shot cryoablation platform for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The addition of this cryoballoon platform positions the company as the first...

July 5, 2018

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Florida Hospital First in State to Adopt BodyTom Elite, Samsung’s Updated CT Scanner

DANVERS, MA, June 7, 2018 – NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in medical imaging technology, announced today that Florida Hospital in Orlando, Fl., added the BodyTom® Elite, the newly upgraded, portable, 32-slice computed tomography scanner, to their...

July 5, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Brain Stimulation May Reduce Desire to Commit Sexual Assault

Stimulating the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for controlling complex ideas and behaviors, can reduce a person’s intention to commit a violent act by more than 50 percent, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience from the University...

July 3, 2018

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Massachusetts Biotech Sees Record Year for IPOs

It’s been a pretty good year for mergers and acquisitions in the biopharma industry, with Takeda Pharmaceutical buying Shire for $62.2 billion, and the year starting with Sanofi buying Bioverativfor $11.6 billion and then Ablynx for $4.8 billion. Celgene acquired Juno Therapeutics for $9 billion, shortly after buying Impact Biomedicines for $1.1 billion. But the landscape for...

July 2, 2018

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

MiMedx CEO and President Out Amid Corporate Turmoil

MiMedx, the Marietta biopharma company rocked by allegations of inflated earnings and improper sales practices, said Monday the company’s longtime chairman and CEO has resigned. Parker H. “Pete” Petit, a fixture in metro Atlanta’s business community, resigned both as CEO and...

July 2, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

BIOLIFE4D Successfully 3D Bioprints Human Heart Tissue

BIOLIFE4D, a biotech pioneer leveraging advances in tissue engineering to 3D print human organs viable for transplant, today announced it has successfully demonstrated its ability to 3D bioprint human cardiac tissue – specifically, a human cardiac patch. The scientific milestone...

June 28, 2018