NovoCure (NSDQ:NVCR) shares took a hit today, despite lower-than-forecast losses, after the company reported financial results that missed expectations for third-quarter sales. NVCR shares were down-12.7% to $36.23 today in late-morning trading on the news. Get the full story on our sister site, MassDevice.com.
Johnson & Johnson closes $2B LifeScan sale
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said today that closed the $2.1 billion sale of its LifeScan blood glucose monitoring subsidiary to private equity player Platinum Equity. The sale is part of the New Brunswick, N.J.-based healthcare conglomerate’s move to get out of the device end of the diabetes business. Early last year J&J announced a strategic review of the LifeScan, Animas […]
Gore adds $10m to ViaCyte investment
W.L. Gore put up a $10 million convertible note for ViaCyte and the Type I diabetes treatment they’re working on. Last year the companies inked a deal to work on the synthetic pancreas ViaCyte is developing. The San Diego-based company’s Encaptra device is designed to be seeded with stem cells engineered to become pancreatic cells and implanted under the […]
Cook Medical wins FDA nod for 5mm Zilver PTX stent
Cook Medical said it won FDA approval for a smaller-diameter version of its Zilver PTX peripheral drug-eluting stent. Bloomington, Ind.-based Cook said the approval for the 5mm diameter Zilver PTX makes it the first such stent up to 140mm that’s approved in the U.S. for vessels as small as 4mm. “We spend a lot of time […]
Smiths Medical spikes merger talks with ICU Medical
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) said yesterday that it’s spiking merger talks with ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI) after rejecting a nearly $4 billion offer earlier this month. The British company and San Clemente, Calif.-based ICU revealed negotiations in May about a possible union with Smiths Medical. Smiths, said to be eyeing the exit door last month, reportedly rejected a cash-and-stock offer […]
Insulet slides on Q2 revenue miss
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) shares took a hit today after the company reported second-quarter revenues that missed the consensus forecast and cut its outlook for the rest of the year. Billerica, Mass.-based Insulet reported losses of -$1.7 million, or -3¢ per share, on sales of $124.3 million for the three months ended June 30, amounting to a -78.2% […]
NovoCure’s Q2 sales top forecast, earnings miss
NovoCure (NSDQ:NVCR) shares are under pressure this morning after the company reported second-quarter losses that exceeded estimates. The British firm’s losses fell -26.7% to -$15.5 million, or -17¢ per share, on sales growth of 60.3% to $61.5 million for the three months ended June 30. Analysts on Wall Street were looking for losses of -16¢ per […]
AngioDynamics to pay $13m to settle False Claims charges
AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) agreed to pay a total of nearly $13 million to settle charges that it broke the False Claims Act for a chemotherapy delivery device and a peripheral vein treatment. Latham, N.Y.-based AngioDynamics distributed the LC Bead embolization microspheres made by BTG (LON:BTG) subsidiary Biocompatibles. Although cleared for embolizations, the companies allegedly marketed LC Bead from May […]
Novartis to spin out Alcon ophthalmic subsidiary
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) said today that it’s planning to spin its Alcon ophthalmology subsidiary into a publicly traded company after years of speculation that it wanted to sell the ill-starred division. The Swiss pharma giant said it intends to hold on to Alcon’s $4.6 billion ophthalmic pharmaceuticals business under the Novartis Innovative Medicines umbrella, continuing a […]
Medtronic wins CE Mark for MiniMed 670G hybrid closed-loop insulin system
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its MiniMed 670G hybrid closed-loop insulin management system for Type I diabetes patients age 7 and older. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic said it has clinical programs under way to back expanded indications for the device, which is designed to continuously monitor regulate […]
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