MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 8, 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. Alere ticks up after reporting delayed 2015 results Shares in Alere ticked up today after the diagnostics giant reported its long-delayed financial results ahead of its $6 billion union with Abbott. Alere, which last month cut its outlook for the rest of the year amid a probe of accounting snafus in Africa and China, said in a press release that it found “immaterial errors” in its revenue recognition processes but revealed in a regulatory filing that there were “material weaknesses” in the way it recognized revenues and accounted for income taxes. Read more 4. Freudenberg Medical lifts Kley to CEO Freudenberg Medical said today it promoted Dr. Max Kley to chief executive officer, effective August 1. Read more   3. MDT wins CE Mark for SureTune2 DBS software Medtronic said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for the SureTune2 software used with its deep-brain stimulation devices. The software is designed to allow physicians to fine-tune patients’ therapy “by visualizing patient-specific information in one comprehensive view incl...
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