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Shutdown won't stop FDA advisory meetings
By Jaimy Lee | October 07, 2013
The government shutdown isn't stopping Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meetings scheduled this month, according to drug and device manufacturers.
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At least 15 patients possibly exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
By Jaimy Lee | September 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
At least 15 people may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from neurosurgery instruments that had first been used at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H.
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Medtronic plans expansion to health services, CEO says
By Bloomberg.com | August 21, 2013
Medtronic is looking beyond medical devices, seeking to expand within hospitals and connect directly with patients as it moves into the health-services industry.
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Medtronic buys telehealth provider Cardiocom
By Joseph Conn | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Medical-device maker Medtronic, Minneapolis, is making a push into the world of pure-play health information technology with the acquisition of telehealth and patient remote-monitoring services provider Cardiocom, a privately held firm based in Chanhassen, Minn.
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Medtronic enters disease management
By Wall Street Journal | August 12, 2013
Medtronic said it has acquired Cardiocom, a disease-management and patient-monitoring firm, in a move that the devicemaker hopes will turn rising concerns about health spending to its advantage.
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55 more hospitals settle in kyphoplasty overpayment cases
By Joe Carlson | July 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Fifty-five hospitals announced settlements totaling $34 million in the long-running whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges that the maker of spinal-surgery equipment coached healthcare providers on ways to maximize revenue by overbilling Medicare.
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Medtronic rises on better-than-expected 4Q results
By Associated Press | May 21, 2013
Medtronic shares rose 5% Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings on sales of implantable heart defibrillators and pacemakers.The devicemaker also confirmed it is eliminating 2,000 jobs worldwide, including 500 in Minnesota.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
By Reuters via Yahoo | May 20, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly.
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Medtronic paying $85 million to end shareholder lawsuit
By Associated Press | March 31, 2012
Medical-device maker Medtronic has agreed to pay $85 million to resolve a federal class-action lawsuit brought by a group of shareholders.
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