Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) today said it acquired Tusker Medical for an undisclosed amount. Tusker Medical develops the Tula System, which is an in-office ear tube delivery system to treat recurrent or persistent ear infections. The pediatric ear tubes won FDA breakthrough device designation in November last year. “The Tula System is a truly innovative option for physicians […]
Medtronic launches data management software program for Synchromed II
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) this week launched a cloud-based data management software platform for its Synchromed II drug delivery system. The Efficio platform is designed to allow clinicians to manage targeted drug delivery pump practices to treat patients who have chronic pain, cancer pain and severe spasticity. It consolidates, organizes and provides visual summaries of patient data received […]
Tandem Diabetes Care launches t:slim X2 with Control-IQ in U.S.
Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) announced today that it began the U.S. commercial launch of its t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ advanced hybrid closed-loop technology. In December, the San Diego-based company announced that the FDA cleared the t:slim X2 insulin pump and Control-IQ technology for controlling Type 1 diabetes, touting it as the first and […]
Neurelis wins FDA approval for seizure rescue nasal spray
Neurelis today said it won FDA approval for its Valoco seizure rescue nasal spray. Valtoco is approved to use by a care partner outside of a medical setting to treat intermittent, stereotypic episodes of seizure activity. It is designed for people with epilepsy aged 6 or older. Valtoco also uses the company’s Intravail formula for […]
Abbott boosts support for Bigfoot Biomedical and its diabetes treatment tech
Diabetes treatment tech company Bigfoot Biomedical has raised another $45 million in the initial tranche of a Series C equity financing, with collaborator Abbott (NYSE:ABT) as the lead investor. “We are excited to announce Abbott’s deepening support of Bigfoot Biomedical with this Series C financing,” Bigfoot Biomedical CEO Jeffrey Brewer said in a news release today. […]
TriSalus launches TriNav Infusion System
TriSalus this week launched its TriNav Infusion System. The infusion system is powered by the company’s Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery (PEDD) approach with SmartValve technology and is designed to help with the infusion barriers that can limit therapeutic uptake in solid tumors. It gives interventional radiologists intravascular tumor access and improved traceability, compatibility with standard angiographic […]
7 medtech advances to improve diabetes treatment
Medtech and pharmaceutical companies have made several important strides over the past year when it comes to improving diabetes treatment. Multiple treatments and technologies have cleared regulatory hurdles and are now hitting the market and making the process of living with diabetes that much more manageable. Several different styles of therapy and devices have come […]
Phillips-Medisize expands Denmark site
Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, announced today that it has expanded its Global Innovation and Development site in Struer, Denmark. The Hudson, Wis.–based company — a contract manufacturing giant in the drug delivery device space — plans to open a dedicated Manufacturing Development and Clinical build unit in Stuer by the second quarter of 2020. Get […]
Dyve Biosciences hires new chief scientific officer
Transdermal drug therapy developer Dyve Biosciences announced that it appointed longtime Pfizer executive Chuck Harbert to the role of chief scientific officer. Harbert spent three decades at Pfizer, serving as the company’s VP of U.S. exploratory development and strategic planning, among other senior positions with Pfizer Central Research. He is the inventor and co-inventor of 35 pharmaceutical […]
Medinol stent performs just as well as Medtronic Resolute, study says
The EluNIR drug-eluting stent made by Medinol performed just as well as the Resolute Integrity or Resolute Onyx stents from Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), according to new clinical study results from an international team of researchers. The randomized clinical trial — conducted by researchers from the U.S., Israel, Canada and the Netherlands — involved 2,221 people and compared […]
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