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Embecta Initiates Restructuring Plan to Streamline Operations, Reduce Costs
It's discontinuing its patch pump program.
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5 Minutes with MDD: Preben Hansen, Owner at Platinum Tooling Technologies
A lot of the company's work in the medical space has focused on the orthopedic implant market.
November 26, 2024
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Boston Scientific Acquiring Intera Oncology
The company's device is used to treat tumors in the liver primarily caused by metastatic colorectal cancer.
November 25, 2024
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Baxter's Flooded Factory Is Back to Putting Out IV Fluid Products
It's ahead of the company's previous expectations.
November 22, 2024
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Elon Musk's Neuralink Opens Brain Implant Human Trials in Canada
It aims to evaluate the safety of the implant, which allows patients with quadriplegia to control a computer.
November 21, 2024
This small, stretchy skin patch uses ultrasound to continuously monitor blood pressure deep inside the body. A comprehensive clinical validation on 117 subjects, including patients in the intensive care unit, has demonstrated its potential as a simpler and more reliable alternative to current clinical methods for monitoring blood pressure.
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Researchers Develop Wearable Ultrasound Patch for Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
The patch is a soft and stretchy device, about the size of a postage stamp, that adheres to the skin.
November 20, 2024
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Stryker's New OR Lighting Platform Aims to Eliminate Dim Spots
November 19, 2024
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Innovation in Women’s Reproductive Health is More Important than Ever
November 19, 2024
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Abbott Opens New Diabetes Tech Manufacturing Facility
November 18, 2024
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Boston Scientific Closes Acquisition of Axonics
November 15, 2024
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BrioHealth Begins Patient Trials for Magnetically Suspended Blood Pump
It's paired with external components aimed at reducing adverse events.
November 28, 2024
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CDC Renews Funding for NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center
The core research project for the 2024-2029 cycle aims to improve diabetes management among low-income immigrant populations.
November 27, 2024
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Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Approval for Cementless Partial Knee
It allows patients' natural bone growth to secure the implant.
November 27, 2024
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Cheap Ozempic? How Millions of Americans with Obesity May Get Access
But it's unclear if the proposal will have support from the new administration.
November 27, 2024
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman speaks in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2, 2024.
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Kentucky AG Targets Another Big Pharmacy Benefit Manager in Opioid-Related Lawsuit
The Republican attorney general accused Optum of playing a central role in what he called the reckless promotion.
November 27, 2024
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Trump Picks Jay Bhattacharya to Lead National Institutes of Health
He's a noted critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
November 27, 2024
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750W CF-Rated Medical Power Supply for Cardiac Diagnostics
This American-made power supply meets the most stringent rating under the global IEC 60601-1 3rd edition standard.
November 26, 2024
Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
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New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants
Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies.
November 26, 2024
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Roche Acquiring Poseida Therapeutics for $1.5 Billion
The acquisition builds on the existing partnership between Roche and Poseida.
November 26, 2024
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Biden Proposes Medicare, Medicaid Cover Costly Weight-Loss Drugs
It would cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade.
November 26, 2024
CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
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CDC Chief Urges Focus on Health Threats as Agency Confronts Political Changes
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night said he picked Dave Weldon, a former Congressman from Florida, to be the agency's next chief.
November 26, 2024
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) device.
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Electrical Nerve Stimulation Eases Long COVID Pain and Fatigue
There was support provided by Neurometrix Inc., which manufactured the Quell TENS device.
November 26, 2024
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FDA Accuses Toothpaste Maker of Bacteria-Tainted Water Supply, Mold
The company blamed the issue on “a laboratory error.”
November 25, 2024
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FDA Approves Continuous Wireless Patient Monitoring Device
It includes a single-use, all-in-one wearable device that collects oxygen saturation data from the chest.
November 25, 2024
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Abbott Implants First Balloon-Expandable System for Treating Aortic Stenosis
It works by crimping the new heart valve on a deflated balloon.
November 25, 2024