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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has completed the previously announced divestitures of its soft tissue core needle biopsy product line and Aspira® product line to Merit Medical Systems, Inc. following receipt of all required […]
New Directors Bring Extensive Medical Device Experience to the Board [07-February-2018] CLEVELAND, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ViewRay (Nasdaq: VRAY), maker of the world’s first and only clinical MRI-guided radiation therapy system, announced today the appointment of medical device industry veterans Scott Huennekens and Daniel Moore to the Company’s board of directors, […]
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced that it will webcast a conference call to discuss the details of the agreement, also announced today, to acquire all the outstanding shares of Sirtex Medical. Sirtex is an Australia-based global life sciences company focused on interventional oncology therapies, that is […]
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Surefire Medical (Surefire) today announced the appointment of Mary T. Szela as its CEO, President, and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Szela brings nearly 30 years of progressive leadership experience to Surefire building global billion-dollar brands, advancing pipeline products in the biotechnology, medical products, and pharmaceutical industries, […]
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, today announced the enrollment of its first patients in the SAVE-US (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions – United States) pivotal trial. The SAVE-US clinical trial is a pre-market […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today the appointment of Beverly A. Huss to the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 7, 2018. Ms. Huss also currently serves on the boards of Qool Therapeutics, Inc., Surefire Medical, Inc., and Madorra. Her prior public company board experience includes Artes Medical, Wright […]
Villepinte (France), January 8, 2018 (17:45 CET) – Guerbet (FR0000032526 GBT), a global specialist in contrast agents and solutions for medical imaging, announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire Israeli company Accurate Medical Therapeutics (“Accurate”), which specializes in the development of microcatheters used in […]
WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, today announced that more than 200,000 ClosureFast® Catheters have been successfully reprocessed by the company’s partner, Northeast Scientific, Inc. (NES), since NES received FDA clearance for reprocessing the popular vein ablation catheter in 2011. […]
CLEVELAND, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — As Centerline Biomedical, Inc. prepares to meet with investors, strategic partners and companies in the healthcare industry during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, it successfully completed a fifth preclinical study at Cleveland Clinic facilities evaluating its surgical navigation system, IOPS, the Intra-Operative Positioning System. This study […]
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Canon Inc. and Canon Medical Systems Corporation today announced the official corporate name (trade name) change of Canon Group Company Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation to Canon Medical Systems Corporation (hereafter referred to as Canon Medical Systems). Since joining the Canon Group in December 2016, Canon Medical Systems has been undertaking the procedures for obtaining regulatory approval […]
