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Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, named William McConnell as senior vice president and CIO, according to a news release.
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The Food and Drug Administration is restricting use of a medical device made by Stryker that props open clogged brain arteries, after reviewing studies suggesting the implant can actually increase stroke and death in some patients.
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Middle Tennessee, the national hub of the for-profit hospital industry, is attracting more whistle-blowers as the U.S. attorney in Nashville has made healthcare fraud a focus.
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Boston Scientific said it has completed its acquisition of Cameron Health, a San Clemente, Calif.-based device manufacturer that has developed a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
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Boston Scientific Corp. said it plans to acquire Cameron Health, a San Clemente, Calif.-based device manufacturer that has developed a new type of implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
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A tougher Food and Drug Administration approval process and increasingly cost-conscious hospitals are pushing medical suppliers and devicemakers to pursue buybacks, dividends or acquisitions to appease shareholders in the wake of slow sales growth, according to a Moody's Investors Service report.
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A tougher Food and Drug Administration approval process and increasingly cost-conscious hospitals are factors pushing medical suppliers and devicemakers to pursue buybacks, dividends or acquisitions to appease shareholders in the wake of slow sales growth, according to a Moody's Investors Service...
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Boston Scientific Corp. said the Internal Revenue Service has told the medical devicemaker it owes $581 million in back taxes plus interest and penalties.
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Lantheus Medical Imaging, a provider of diagnostic imaging agents, has promoted Dr. Dana Washburn to chief medical officer.
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Boston Scientific, Natick, Mass., agreed to pay $9.25 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit (PDF) filed eight years ago by a former employee who said the company's Guidant subsidiary inflated the cost of replacement...
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