News and Events

June 8, 2010

Basic Training for MedTech Entrepreneurs

MedTech IGNITE in conjunction with the Desphpande Center will be hosting an Entrepreneur Boot Camp geared to those who are a member of an early stage medtech company or planning on starting a company. This interactive content intensive workshop with cover topics including the concept, raising capital, building a team, governance, decision making, and challenges facing today's early stage companies. Speakers and panelists include veteran founders and funders as well as those who are executive members of early stage companies.

April 21, 2010

BIOMEDevice Forum

Join us for the third annual BIOMEDevice Executive Forum as we focus on convergence and cross-sector collaborations among biotechnology, medical device, IVD, and pharmaceutical companies. This two-day conference will provide you with the resources you need to strengthen connections between key stakeholders involved in investing, partnering, licensing, and developing business opportunities in the rapidly growing market for innovative healthcare products. Topics addressed at this year's Forum will include:

Regulatory & Reimbursement Issues
Partnering & Collaborations
Intellectual Property & Finance
Technology & Innovation

News Stories from MassDevice.com:

March 10, 2010

Jury rules for KCI in NPWT spat with Smith & Nephew

A Texas jury ruled that Smith & Nephew's Renasys-F negative-pressure wound therapy infringes a pair of patents licensed to Kinetic Concepts Inc.
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March 10, 2010

Abbott wins FDA nod for intraocular lens

The Food & Drug Administration grants PMA clearance to Abbott for its TECNIS intraocular lens, designed to preserve patients' ability to focus at different distances after cataract surgery.
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March 10, 2010

ClearCount appoints new CFO

Pittsburgh-based sponge safety company ClearCount Medical Solutions hired David Haffner to be its new CFO.
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March 10, 2010

Analogic's medical business flat in Q2

Peabody, Mass.-based imaging equipment maker Analogic Corp. sees sales of its MRI and CT equipment drop 9 percent during the second quarter and cuts 17 jobs, but doubles its bottom line.
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March 10, 2010

Bruker buys three Varian divisions from Agilent

Billerica, Mass.-based scientific instrument maker Bruker Corp. snags three divisions of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based instruments company after Agilent is forced to divest the businesses to comply with European anti-trust laws.
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March 9, 2010

The MassDevice Weekly Checkup: March 9, 2010

Our Weekly Checkup takes the temperature of the medical device industry's three largest U.S. clusters: Massachusetts, California and Minnesota.
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March 9, 2010

Orthopaedic Synergy sets its sights on French robotic surgery firm Praxim

Taunton, Mass.-based Orthopaedic Synergy Inc. plans to acquire French robotic and computer-assisted surgery company Praxim SA for an undisclosed amount.
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March 9, 2010

ETEX wins another bone putty nod from the FDA

The Food & Drug Administration grants 510(k) clearance to ETEX Corp.'s CarriGen bone graft substitute.
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March 9, 2010

Aastrom Biosciences winds up treatment stage of Phase 2 clinical trial

Aastrom Biosciences Inc. finished the treatment stage of its Phase 2 clinical trial examining its stem cell-based treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy, a severe form of congestive heart failure.
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March 9, 2010

DNA Medicine Institute lands $100,000 NIH grant

The DNA Medicine Institute lands a $100,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a hand-held point-of-care blood sensor.
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March 9, 2010

Biospace Med inks European distribution deal

Cambridge, Mass.-based Biospace Med inks a distribution deal with Oldelft Benelux to sell its sterEOS 2D/3D X-ray workstation in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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March 9, 2010

X-spine Systems licenses spinal cage from Gamma Spine

X-spine Systems Inc. licenses interbody cage technology from Gamma Spine, hoping to take the minimally invasive spinal implant technology to market.
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March 9, 2010

Caliper's Q4 sales rise as it slips into the black for the first time in 2009

Caliper Life Sciences Inc. posts fourth-quarter profits on a 3 percent uptick in revenues, beating its own guidance for the quarter.
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March 9, 2010

Orthofix deals vascular unit to Covidien for a $19 million net

Orthofix International offloads its vascular compression products business to Covidien, saying it will net about $19 million from the deal, and boosts its full-year earnings guidance.
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March 9, 2010

BG Medicine, Abbott partner on heart attack mortality test

Waltham, Mass.-based BG Medicine Inc. will develop a galectin-3 test for Abbott's I-Stat system.
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March 8, 2010

Synovis board OKs stock buyback

The board of directors of Synovis Life Technologies authorizes a share repurchasing program for 1 million shares of the company's stock.
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March 8, 2010

HeartWare's trial milestone triggers executive payouts

Final enrollment in HeartWare International's "bridge-to-transplant" trial results in big restricted stock awards for CEO Douglas Godshall and other executives.
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March 8, 2010

Rcadia wins CE Mark for imaging software

Newton, Mass.-based Rcadia Medical Imaging wins clearance in the European Union for its algorithm-based diagnostic software to detect signs of coronary artery disease.
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March 8, 2010

MassDevice Q&A: BioBehavioral Diagnostics CEO Byron Hewett

Byron Hewett, the CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based BioBehavioral Diagnostics, on the importance of being able to quantify the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, helping families cope with an ADHD member and how the Food & Drug Administration let the horse out of the barn when it comes to regulating the diagnostics industry.
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March 8, 2010

Weekly Wireless Roundup: Express Scripts inks pilot deal for GlowCap

St. Louis-based Express Scripts is set to launch a national pilot for Vitality’s GlowCap pill reminder device; Kaiser CMIO on mHealth opportunity; Aetna offers SMS, apps, mobile web services; and Epocrates CTO, CMO talk EHRs.
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