By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson, which has been beset by a seemingly endless stream of product recalls, has recalled hundreds of thousands of potentially leaky insulin pump cartridges that could lead to serious health problems and death. It also has been warned by the Food and Drug Administration over manufacturing [...]

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ –Valeritas, Inc., a medical technology company committed to the development and commercialization of innovative drug delivery solutions, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company’s V-Go Disposable Insulin Delivery Device for the continuous subcutaneous delivery of insulin in preset basal rates and with on-demand bolus dosing [...]

ISSUE: WalkMed Infusion LLC notified healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of the Triton Pole Mount Infusion Pump, serial numbers 001 through 500 and serial numbers TR1401 through TR 2559, manufactured and sold before June 2010. If the pump door is not closed and latched per the instructions for use located on the side of [...]

Hospira Symbiq One and Two Channel Infuser Recall Class: I Date Recall Initiated: February 22, 2010 Products: Symbiq Infusion System Brand Name: Symbiq One-Channel Infuser Symbiq Two-Channel Infuser Model Numbers: 16026 Symbiq One-Channel Infuser 16027 Symbiq Two-Channel Infuser The affected units were distributed from December 23, 2006 to January 22, 2010. All lots are affected [...]

Bacteria have a natural ability to attach themselves to surfaces, both natural and synthetic. Once attached, they often work cooperatively to form biofilms, thin layers of bacterial colonies that can coat the surface of a medical device and introduce the risk of infection. As a result, orthopedic implants, catheters, and even contact lenses can become [...]

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ — CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, issued the following update regarding its previously disclosed recall of approximately 17,000 Alaris PC units model 8015 manufactured or serviced between December 2008 and September 2009. The FDA has classified this action as a Class I recall. A Class I recall is a situation in [...]

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRDX – News), a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today initiatives intended to reduce its cost structure and renew its focus on business units. These changes are designed to more closely match operations and cost structure with the current customer [...]

WASHINGTON — The FDA has expanded a class I recall — its most serious — of Huber needles to include all products containing the intravenous device. An earlier recall notice nixed needles that could produce cores — silicon fragments — when installed and could cause the sliver to dislodge and to possibly cause infection, tissue damage, [...]

Boston Scientific Corporation is to acquire Athmatx. Inc, from Synnyvale, California for an upfront payment of $193.5 million plus additional payments of up to $250 million. Boston Scientific says it has just signed a definitive merger agreement with Athmatx. Asthmatx designs, makes and sells a less-invasive, catheter-based bronchial thermoplasty procedure for persistentasthma treatment in patients [...]

AUSTIN – A leading global medical technology company plans to build its global professional services headquarters in San Antonio. Governor Rick Perry announced Wednesday that the state is investing $1.56 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). The investment will create nearly 300 jobs and generate an estimated $6.35 [...]