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Vital Signs
St. Jude Medical acquires early-stage device company Nanostim
By Jaimy Lee | October 14, 2013
St. Jude Medical paid about $123 million to acquire a developer of small, leadless cardiac pacemakers not yet approved in the U.S. The deal follows St. Jude's 2011 recall of leads for two of its pacemakers.
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Device-tax repeal surfaces as key in budget stalemate | But White House says it's unwilling to compromise until government shutdown ends
By Jaimy Lee and Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling.
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St. Jude CEO: Innovation is still possible
By Minneapolis Star Tribune | October 11, 2013
The CEO of St. Jude Medical says that there's still room for innovation in the device industry at the intersection of cost-cutting and improved patient health.
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Modern Physician
Surgical supply company sues HHS after alert on physician-owned distributorships
By Joe Carlson | October 10, 2013
A government fraud alert last spring warning of the “inherently suspect” nature of physician-owned surgical supply companies led to swift drop-off in business. Now one firm is suing HHS.
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Vital Signs
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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House floats device tax repeal as compromise to end shutdown
By Andis Robeznieks | October 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A bipartisan House measure to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax that helps fund the healthcare reform law has been floated as a compromise to end the federal government shutdown. Reps. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) were leading a...
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KKR to buy Panasonic healthcare unit for $1.67B
By Bloomberg | September 27, 2013
KKR & Co. agreed to buy Panasonic Corp.'s health-care unit for about 165 billion yen ($1.67 billion).A wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. private-equity firm will purchase all shares and assets of Panasonic Healthcare Co., according to a statement from the companies.
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News
FDA calls for device IDs—in 2020
By Jaimy Lee | September 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A new rule requiring medical devices to be marked with identification information is expected to improve patient safety and make hospital supply operations more efficient. But the Food and Drug Administration will take another seven years to roll out the system, and much of its success depends on...
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E-cigarette use doubled among youth in 2012, researchers find
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The percentage of young people who use electronic cigarettes doubled in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to federal researchers.
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On the move...
By Modern Healthcare | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Medical Device Innovation Consortium in Minneapolis named William Murray president and CEO, effective Aug. 12. MDIC is a public-private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration and the medical device industry. Murray, 52, most recently served as CEO of Envoy Medical, which...
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