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Study: Clot-sucking device cuts death rates for heart attacks
A new study suggests that a vacuum-cleaner-like device that sucks block clots out of the arteries of heart attack victims before angioplasty can have a dramatic effect on survival rates. In fact, the Read more...
Medtronic Spine settles false claims charges for $75M
A subsidiary of Medtronic Spine agreed this week to pay the federal government $75 million to settle allegations that it caused submission of false claims to Medicare by a subsidiary. The allegations Read more...
Drug companies plan to disclose grant funding
Hoping to stave off outside regulation by Congress, a group of the nation's largest drug and device manufacturers have put forth plans to publicly disclose the grants they make to outside Read more...
Decision makes it harder to sue device makers
A new Supreme Court opinion has come down this week that should make it harder for patients to seek damages for harm caused by FDA-approved medical devices. The ruling held that federal law doesn't Read more...
Surgical device maker faces kickback investigation
Things are getting ugly for device maker Blackstone Medical, which is facing a federal investigation for allegedly paying kickbacks to doctors who use its equipment. The federal government has asked Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Patients face scary, and costly, defibrillator decision
A couple of months ago, defibrillator-maker Medtronic warned consumers and doctors that a wife connecting their defibrillator to their heart might break. Now, patients are facing the agonizing Read more...
Trend: Heart stent maker markets directly to patients
Here's something you don't see every day. A heart stent manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Corp., is mounting a national marketing campaign aimed directly at consumers--an unusual Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA health plan merger turns on exec salary disclosures; second Medtronic case heard by the Supreme Court; and much
> The blockbuster merger between Pennsylvania health plans Independence Blue Cross and Highmark may turn on how forthright executives are about their future pay--and whether insurance officials Read more...
Medtronic sued over faulty defibrillator parts
Medical device maker Medtronic has been sued over alleged malfunctions in the leads for its defibrillators, which plaintiffs say gave them unnecessary shocks. Plaintiffs Leonard Stavish and Kelly Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Medtronic asks MDs to stop using defibrillator part; Virginia hospitals struggle with mental health demand; and muc
> Heart implant manufacturer Medtronic has asked doctors to stop using a key component in its recent defibrillator models. Read more...
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