Surmodics (Nasdaq:SRDX) today announced positive study results for two of its drug-coated balloon (DCB) technologies. The company presented data supporting the SurVeil and Sundance DCBs at the 50th Annual VEITH Symposium in New York. In the TRANSCEND trial, Surmodics evaluated the safety and efficacy of SurVeil versus the Medtronic In.Pact Admiral DCB. The trial evaluated […]
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Embecta stock soars on first full-quarter results after BD spinoff
Embecta (Nasdaq: EMBC) today posted third-quarter results today for the first time as a BD (NYSE: BDX) spinoff, beating the consensus forecast on Wall Street. The Parsippany, New Jersey-based diabetes technology company reported profits of $62.4 million, or $1.08 per share, on sales of $291.1 million for the three months ended June 30. RELATED: How […]
Better Therapeutics Q2 beats Street as it prepares to submit diabetes therapy for FDA review
Better Therapeutics (Nasdaq:BTTX) posted second-quarter quarter results today that beat the consensus forecast on Wall Street as it prepared to submit its first product for FDA review. Better Therapeutics has not yet generated revenue from the commercialization or sale of any product. The company went public through a special purpose acquisition company merger in October. […]
Ariste Medical co-founder sees great potential for drug-coated implants and orthopedics
It’s been more than a decade since Lisa Jennings launched not one but two companies in the Great Recession. In 2020, she sold CirQuest Labs to MLM Medical Labs, where Jennings serves as chief scientific officer and managing director of U.S. operations. More recently, her pre-commercial medtech development startup, Ariste Medical, won FDA 510(k) approval for […]
Scancell picks PharmaJet’s needle-free injection systems to deliver COVID-19 vaccine candidates
PharmaJet announced today that its partner, Scancell, chose its needle-free injection platform to administer its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Scancell selected Golden, Colorado-based PharmaJet’s devices to administer two SARS-CoV-2 DNA-based vaccine candidates, SCOV1 and SCOV2. The vaccines will be exclusively administered using the PharmaJet Tropis and PharmaJet Stratis needle-free injection systems. According to a news release, […]
Insulet sues Roche over diabetes tech patent
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) is suing Roche Diabetes Care in the U.K., claiming that Roche prematurely began selling tubeless insulin pumps covered by an Insulet patent three years before that patent expires. The trial for the lawsuit, filed in August 2020, began this week in the U.K. High Court. Insulet claims that Roche has been infringing the […]
Qosina offering SmartSite swabbable needle-free injection sites
Qosina (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) is touting the variety of SmartSite swabbable needle-free injection sites that it offers. The needle-free injection sites feature an ergonomic design and a smooth, flat top that can be easily disinfected, according to Qosina. Said the company: ” These components are equipped with a valve, that when activated, forms an airtight seal […]
Abbott, Tandem seal deal to combine CGM, insulin delivery tech
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) announced today that they have completed their agreement to combine the former’s glucose-sensing technology with the latter’s insulin delivery systems. The deal, announced in October, will combine Abbott’s Freestyle Libre CGM with Tandem’s t:slim X2 pump to monitor glucose without fingersticks. The agreement covers the technical development of device integration […]
BD launches syringe-autoinjector combo
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) today announced the launch of the BD Intevia 1mL two-step disposable autoinjector, which combines an autoinjector and pre-fillable syringe in one integrated system. BD Intevia disposable autoinjector is a 2-step push-on-skin device that is designed to effectively and safely inject a variety of drugs of different viscosities up to 35cP and different […]
Judge adds $10m in damages in Vectura-GSK patent spat
This article has been updated with a statement from Glaxo Smith Kline. A federal judge in Delaware has awarded British inhaler company Vectura an additional $10.5 million in compensatory damages from Glaxo Smith Kline (NYSE:GSK) in a patent dispute. In May, a jury awarded Vectura $89.7 million in damages for the period from August 2016 […]
