Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Intarcia Therapeutics were in the spotlight at the American Diabetes Assn.’s annual scientific sessions conference in Boston last week, revealing new medical device developments in the fight against diabetes. Medtronic took center stage, announcing new developments for its artificial pancreas program, touting positive data from a user study of its MiniMed 640g and revealing plans to collaborate […]
Clinical Trials
Avedro application needs more work, FDA says
Massachusetts ophthalmic devices maker Avedro has some issues to address before the company can move forward with an FDA New Drug Application for its light-based cross-linking product for treatment.
Covidien launches 2 trials to support its Stellarex drug-device combo
Echo Therapeutics readies Prelude SkinPrep for clinical trials
Echo Therapeutics Inc. (OTC:ECTE) reached a milestone with one of its two flagship products, the Prelude SkinPrep system, which is ready for clinical trials examining its use in dispensing lidocaine.
The Franklin, Mass.-based company, which is also developing a needle-free glucose monitoring system called the Symphony tCGM, said its development work on the Prelude system is complete and it’s ready for a study in the “near term.”
