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SQZ Biotech lands $16m in Series B for cell therapy tech
SQZ Biotech said today that it closed a $16 million Series B round to fund its preclinical cell therapy programs for oncology and other undisclosed diseases. NanoDimension and Polaris Partners led the...
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Edwards Lifesciences wins CE Mark for Acumen hypotension monitor
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Acumen hypotension probability indicator. The newly cleared Acumen monitor is designed to alert...
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FDA approves label changes for GE’s Optison
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that the FDA approved label changes for its ultrasound contrast agent Optison, removing contraindications for use in patients with cardiac shunts and for...
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Angel Valve Project seeks $15m for Mitral Butterfly device
Medical University Vienna spin-off Angel Valve Project said today it raised $224,370 (EU €200,000) in preseed investments and is looking for another $14.6 million to support its Mitral Butterfly...
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Novo Nordisk eyes drug development program
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) is betting on a risky drug development strategy, like re-engineering insulin to act selectively on the liver or only when blood sugar is high, according to the Wall Street...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for October 3, 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...
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NeoTract touts reimbursement win for UroLift
NeoTract today touted a reimbursement win from Geisinger Health Plan and EmblemHealth that will allow coverage for procedures using its UroLift system for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia....
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Hospital researchers explore MRI for drug delivery
Researchers have programmed an MRI scanner to simultaneously monitor magnetized particles while propelling them through blood vessels as a means to locally deliver drugs. Existing approaches combine...
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NxStage inks home hemodialysis deal with Satellite Health
NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) said today it inked a 3-year home hemodialysis supply agreement with Satellite Healthcare. Satellite, a non-profit group, is the 6th-largest dialysis and kidney disease...
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FDA approves Valencia’s eCoin neurostim trial
Valencia Technologies said today it won investigational device exemption approval from the FDA to begin a trial of its eCoin neurostimulator for treating drug-resistant hypertension. The company is...
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Japanese scientist wins Nobel medicine prize for work on “self-eating” cell...
(Reuters) – Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine for ground-breaking experiments with yeast which exposed a key mechanism in the body’s defenses where cells degrade and...
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Johnson & Johnson warns on low cyber risk with Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is reportedly warning patients of a small risk that hackers will target its Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump, after learning of the bug causing the potential...
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Boston Scientific loses bid to toss $19m pelvic mesh loss
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) yesterday lost its bid to overturn an $18.5 million loss in a product liability lawsuit brought by a quartet of women alleging that its Obtryx pelvic mesh caused their...
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FDA approves St. Jude Medical’s BurstDR spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said today that the FDA granted pre-market approval for its BurstDR spinal cord stimulation technology, which is designed to mimic the body’s natural nerve-firing patterns...
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Committee pens letter to Mylan demanding EpiPen price info
Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform penned a letter to Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) demanding a more complete look at the pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector. At a...
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Color-changing wearable tracks sun exposure
Researchers have developed a wearable patch that warns users by changing colors when they’ve had too much sun exposure. Striking a balance between too much and too little sun exposure can be...
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BD, Apax Partners close Vyaire respiratory JV deal, tap ex-Tornier chief...
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) said today it finalized the launch of a respiratory solutions joint venture with Apax Partners under the Vyaire Medical brand. The deal, which the companies...
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Self-selecting peptides hold promise for drug delivery
Researchers have developed self-selecting polymers that form by adapting to their environment, according to a study published in Nature Nanotechnology yesterday. The peptides continually reorganize...
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Report: EU regulators to rule on $25B Abbott-St. Jude Medical tie-up by Nov. 9
(Reuters) — Antitrust regulators in the European Union will decide by Nov. 9 whether to clear Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) $25-billion bid for St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ), aimed at helping it better compete...
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Feds level wage discrimination charges at Analogic
Analogic (NSDQ:ALOG) is facing a suit from the U.S. Department of Labor alleging that it engaged in discriminatory pay practices against female assembly workers at its Peabody, Mass.-based...
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