Apple Taps Google X Co-Founder Yoky Matsuoka To Work On Healthcare Initiatives
Yoky Matsuoka, a Google X co-founder and former VP of technology at home automation products company Nest, is reportedly joining Apple to help the company with its healthcare initiatives. After a professional hiatus, the highly-regarded neuroroboticist is taking on a new challenge as Apple deepens its dive into healthcare with its mobile-based software frameworks. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Iperia HF-T Completes BIOTRONIK's US Portfolio Of MR Conditional Tachycardia Devices
BIOTRONIK, a leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology, recently announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Iperia ProMRI HF-T, a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator that provides heart failure patients with access to diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Medtronic Welcomes Karen L. Parkhill As Its New Chief Financial Officer
Medtronic plc announced recently the appointment of Karen L. Parkhill as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective June 20, 2016. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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Ligand Acquires Portfolio Of Synthetic Royalty And Milestone Rights From CorMatrix Cardiovascular For $17.5M
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announces the acquisition of economic rights to multiple programs owned by CorMatrix. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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3 Vital Considerations For Medtechs Mulling A Hospital Partnership
Each medtech company must consider carefully how its products and services fit its customers’ needs. Some may pursue (or continue) a category-killer approach, and dominate a narrow channel. Others may choose to be market disruptersand produce game-changing technologies. Most of today’s medtech companies have taken a blended approach, but the opportunities to partner with providers in the new outcomes-based healthcare paradigm are enticing. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Sonova Acquires AudioNova For $953M, Creates Europe's Biggest Hearing Aid Retail Network
Swiss-based Sonova has acquired Dutch-based audiological solution provider AudioNova in a $953 million deal that will more than double the company’s presence in the European hearing aid market. Senior executives said the combined companies will create the largest hearing aid retail service network in Europe, with 2,580 storefronts in 12 countries. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Siemens Healthcare Becomes Siemens Healthineers, Looks To Expand
Siemens Healthcare announced that it has rebranded as Siemens Healthineers as it looks to add new offerings to its imaging and diagnostics portfolio. In explaining the name change, the German conglomerate emphasized its engineering and scientific expertise in creating healthcare applications. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Greatbatch Extends Its Relationship With WiTricity To Include Wireless Energy Transfer For Implantable And Interventional Medical Devices
WiTricity, the industry pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, recently announced that Greatbatch, a global developer and manufacturer of medical devices and components, has extended its relationship with WiTricity to leverage its wireless energy transfer technology in the development of implantable medical device applications. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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Boston Scientific Announces U.S. FDA Approval Of Navigation-Enabled Ablation Catheters
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for two catheters that can be used with the Rhythmia™ Mapping System. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Little ANTs: Researchers Build The World's Tiniest Engine
Researchers have developed the world’s tiniest engine – just a few billionths of a metre in size – which uses light to power itself. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
FDA Inspection Readiness – A Compliance Primer
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Time: 10:30am-12pm, EDT US Duration: 90 Minutes - Online Price: $299 - Includes Bonus Handouts! (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 4, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
3 Regulatory Guidelines For Navigating China's Drug Delivery & Medical Device Markets
With both medical device sales and the population in China growing at such a rapid pace, this is undoubtedly a market that drug companies are going to want to not only understand its challenges, but also capitalize on its opportunities. By gaining an in-depth knowledge of the country's regulatory body, an organization can leverage this experience to both advance its product as well as create a stable foundation for a global expansion strategy in China and beyond. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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Philips Sets Up IPO For Lighting Biz To Jumpstart HealthTech
Royal Philips has set in motion its protracted plan to focus on healthcare by announcing that it will sell its traditional lighting business through an initial public offering (IPO). (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - May 4, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
First Ray Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Stealth Staple™
First Ray, a start-up medical device company focused on advanced surgical devices for improving outcomes for orthopaedic extremity procedures, announces that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its innovative Stealth Staple™ System. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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05.05.16 -- New Medtronic ICDs Detect AF | Stryker Buys Stanmore Implants
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