MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 23, 2016

Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. Denmark’s Ambu pays $16m for ETView Medical Ambu agreed to pay $16 million to acquire ETView Medical and its portfolio of airway management devices. The deal calls for Copenhagen-based Ambu to put up $12.3 million in cash and the balance in debt in a “reverse triangular merger” in which Ambu will create a subsidiary, which will buy ETView then be absorbed by Ambu. Read more 4. St. Jude wins CE Mark, launches SyncAV CRT algorithm St. Jude Medical said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union and launched its SyncAV CR software algorithm designed to optimize the company’s MultiPoint pacing technology. The newly released software algorithm is designed to address and treat heart failure patients who are not responsive to other pacing options, and can automatically adjust pacing based on real-time changes in cardiac condition. Read more 3. FDA defends response to late Medtronic Infuse data The FDA reportedly defended its response to the 5-year delay by Medtronic in reporting results from an internal study of its controversial Infuse bone growth protei...
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