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Oct 02 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXVI

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The days shorten but the potpourri stays strong, this week including information on the safety of FDA-cleared devices; medication adherence; genetic tests; the FDA and CMS working together to review…

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Sep 16 2010

MassDevice

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The world’s largest medical device maker has been on an acquisition tear of late, using its considerable cash hoard to buy nine companies since 2009

Sep 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Two new devices—one that deflates fat cells, one that destroys them—have just been cleared for “body contouring” in doctors’ offices by the FDA

Sep 01 2010

guardian.co.uk

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The stethoscope – medical icon, lifesaver and doctor’s best friend – is disappearing from hospitals across the world as physicians increasingly use their smartphones to monitor patients’ heartbeats

Aug 31 2010

Washington Post

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The FDA approved a first-of-its-kind technology: a tiny telescope implanted inside the eye. The company wouldn’t estimate total costs connected with the procedure but said the device itself costs $15,000.

Aug 17 2010

FDA’s Review of the 510(k) Process

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The Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing its 510(k) process, which is used for many medical device approvals. Two preliminary reports contain a series of recommendations designed to provide…

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Aug 11 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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From a tiny eye telescope to microscopic health data on the surface of contact lenses to advances in cancer treatments, medical devices continue to get smaller and smaller

Aug 06 2010

FDA/FCC Meeting On Wireless Health Devices

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Wireless or mobile communication technologies are enjoying a rapid spread in health care. Two of the primary federal agencies which might impact the development and spread of these technologies are…

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Aug 05 2010

twincities.com

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Proposed changes to the U.S. system for regulating medical devices are more objectionable to the industry than some local experts expected.

Aug 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration proposed shoring up medical-device approval rules that have been criticized as lax and inconsistent by consumer advocates and the agency itself

Aug 04 2010

Bloomberg

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Medical device makers face new safety rules under a revamped program laid out by U.S. regulators that may help speed approval of products from condoms to CT scanners

Jun 24 2010

New York Times

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The University of Michigan Medical School has become the first to decide that it will no longer take any money from drug and device makers to pay for doctor’s coursework doctors

Jun 23 2010

Medical Innovation and the American Economy

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The Council for American Medical Innovation has released a report about the value of medical innovation to the United States' economy. Concern is expressed about maintaining a vigorous medical product…

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Jun 11 2010

Bloomberg

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The ceramic joint made by Wright Medical Group Inc. shattered, leading to an infection and four more surgeries

Jun 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Medical-device maker Medtronic Inc. disclosed that it made payments of more than $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to U.S. doctors in the first quarter

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