FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects that the shortage of IV fluids caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico will improve in the coming weeks and months, according to a statement issued by the agency yesterday. The regulatory chief said that the FDA is working with manufacturers like Baxter (NYSE:BAX) and B. Braun to import products […]
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TCT 2017: Drug-eluting balloon achieves non-inferiority with drug-eluting stent
Researchers studying 278 patients with in-stent restenosis found that B. Braun‘s SeQuent Please paclitaxel-eluting balloon was non-inferior to Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) Xience drug-eluting stent when it comes to six-month minimal lumen diameter. The study’s results were touted this week at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Denver, Colorado. Researchers found that treatment with a drug-eluting […]
Hospira, Baxter subpoenaed in antitrust probe over intravenous saline
Drugmakers received grand jury subpoenas from the U.S. Justice Dept. this week in connection with an antitrust probe into companies that market intravenous saline solutions. ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI), which recently acquired Hospira Infusion Systems from Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), and Baxter (NYSE:BAX) disclosed the subpoenas this week. Pfizer revealed that it is also wrapped up in the investigation, according […]
B. Braun launches app for Easypump home infusion therapy
B. Braun launched an app yesterday for its Easypump ST/LT elastomeric infusion pump to help patients and clinicians use the system more safely and efficiently for home infusion therapy. The Easypump app features graphics and videos that explain the infusion therapy process, B. Braun said, and provides nurses with tools to teach patients how to […]
B. Braun, Iatric Systems integrate Outlook infusion pump, Accelero Connect software
B. Braun Medical said today that it integrated its Outlook large-volume infusion pump with Iatric Systems‘ Accelero Connect integration software. The technology enables the pump to communicate with electronic health record systems, such as Meditech. Bethlehem, Pa.-based B. Braun said it used Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise standard communication protocols and transactions to support the integration. […]
