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Medtech stories we missed this week: May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

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From Biomerics’s $38.5 million expansion in Salt Lake City to new study results and partnerships, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning.

1. Biomerics opening new corporate HQ

Biomerics announced in a May 1 press release that it is moving its corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City. The new facility will be 230,000 sq. ft and will be located in the International Center. It will have corporate offices, engineering offices, research and development labs and cleanroom manufacturing. Biomerics is expected to invest $38.5 million in the expansion and add more than 380 jobs over the next 8 years. It is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2018 and plans to be FDA and ISO-13485 registered for medical device manufacturing.

2. Refocus completes 1-year follow-up for clinical trial

Refocus Group announced in a May 4 press release that it has successfully completed a 12-month follow-up on the 360 patients in its VisAbility Micro-Insert System for presbyopia clinical trial. The next step for Refocus will be preparing for Pre-Market Approval submission to the FDA. The VisAbility Micro-Insert System is the first presbyopic procedure performed outside the line-of-sight of the eyes that is designed to restore vision without the potential of compromising distance vision or depth perception.

3. Glytec touts study

Glytec’s eGlycemic Management System study results show that the system has a 19% reduction in average daily blood glucose between admission and discharge, according to a May 4 press release. The eGlycemic Management System allows hospitals to achieve the basal bolus standard of care for subcutaneous insulin therapy. The study also showed that there was 0% severe hypoglycemia while receiving the target blood glucose of 140-180 mg/dL at every meal and bedtime. Glycemic data from 1,687 non-critically ill patients treated with subcutaneous insulin therapy between July 2016 and January 2017 were used in this study. It was presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 26th Annual Scientific Clinical Congress.

Get the full story on our sister site, MassDevice. 

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Research & Development Tagged With: Accuray Inc., Biomerics, Glytec, medPhoton, medtech, Mevion Medical Systems, Neural Analytics, RAPS, Refocus

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About Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.

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