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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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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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The Medical Device Innovation Consortium in Minneapolis has named William Murray its president and CEO, effective Aug. 12.
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Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest seller of healthcare products, has discussed paying more than $3 billion to settle lawsuits over its recalled hip implants, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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Have you heard this joke before?How do you know when a total joint implant sales rep is at the hospital? When the orthopedic surgeons' cars aren't the nicest ones in the parking lot.
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St. Jude Medical, a St. Paul, Minn.-based medical-device maker, paid $170 million to acquire the Swiss manufacturer of a force-sensing ablation catheter yet to be approved for use in the U.S.
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The recession, healthcare reforms and other pressures have put the squeeze on emerging companies offering traditional medical technologies like pharmaceuticals and medical devices. But wearable gadgets and health-tracking services–which collect data from the user, and are a major part of...
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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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With the Aug. 1 implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the CMS has launched two mobile smartphone applications to help physicians, drug and medical-device manufacturers, and group purchasing organizations track payments and other transfers of value.
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Three years ago, Henry Ford Health System began to overhaul how its doctors and nurses care for patients outside the Detroit-based system's six hospitals. Now it must face the economic strains of its own success, as fewer patients turn up to fill hospital beds.
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