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NewsBoston Scientific, Medtronic slammed with renewed $600M award
Eight years ago, Johnson & Johnson division Cordis Corp. was awarded almost $600 million in damages in a cardiac-stent infringement case against Boston Scientific Corp. and Medtronic. The cases Read more...
Small hospitals may be safe to do angioplasties
Generally speaking, states ban hospitals performing angioplasties in non-emergency situations unless there's a heart surgeon available to step in if things don't go well. However, smaller hospitals Read more...
| Press ReleasesChildren’s Miracle Network Hospitals Elects Rite Aid Executive Vice President of Human Resources Brian Fiala to Board of GCAMP HILL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®, a non-profit organization that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America, has elected Brian Fiala, Rite Read more >> Rite Aid Reaches And Exceeds $50 Million In Total Funds Raised For Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Since 1994SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® today announced that Rite Aid has raised more than $50 million for children’s hospitals since becoming a partner in 1994. Rite Read more >> Rite Aid Stores Raise Nearly $750,000 in First Week of Fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network HospitalsSeven-Week Campaign to Benefit 117 Children’s Hospitals SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rite Aid raised $749,141 during the first week of its 17th annual paper Miracle Balloon campaign for Read more >> THE SAGE GROUP Reports That in 2008 Almost 1 Million Interventional Procedures Were Performed to Treat Peripheral Artery DATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to THE SAGE GROUP, almost 70% of the procedures performed to treat Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) were endovascular (angioplasty, atherectomy and primary Read more >> CardiacAssist Expands Market Penetration of TandemHeart® among Heart Surgeons, Cardiologists and ElectrophysiologistsCompany reports 2,000th case for TandemHeart, now used in 90% of the ‘best’ U.S. heart and heart surgery hospitals 100 additional hospitals considering TandemHeart purchases in 2010 PITTSBURGH--( Read more >> |
