Medical device company Baxter Canada will close its Sherbrooke, Que., plant on Dec. 9, putting 135 people out of work. The company plans to relocate production to other plants in the United States, Costa Rica and Singapore that are already making its products. The Sherbrooke plant made medical devices for intravenous interventions.   http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/business/article/864598–baxter-canada-shuts-sherbrooke-plant

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal – by Lisa Sibley — Stealthy startup C8 MediSensors Inc. has moved into the former Nortel Networks space at 6375 San Ignacio Ave., San Jose.   The company needed more space for its manufacturing and growing business.   Founded in 2003, the private company makes a non-invasive glucose [...]

WASHINGTON—The outgoing chief executive of Medtronic told employees Monday he will continue to lead the medical device manufacturer as its board of directors continues the search for a replacement. Minneapolis-based Medtronic previously announced that Hawkins would step down on April 29, the close of the company’s fiscal year. In a note to employees, Hawkins said [...]

Bothell-based medical-device manufacturer Cardiac Science has notified the state Employment Security Department it will lay off 54 employees this summer. The move comes four months after Opto Circuits of India acquired Cardiac for roughly $55 million. Cardiac Chief Operating Officer Bob Odell said local jobs in finance, customer support and order entry are being moved [...]

Medtronic Inc. said Wednesday it is eliminating 268 jobs from its Twin Cities operations as part of cuts it announced in February. Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) spokesman Brian Henry said the medical device maker eliminated a total of 2,100 jobs worldwide, and it began notifying employees of the layoffs this week. He said some employees accepted early [...]

Patrick Ryan, former Abbott Vascular Devices divisional vice president for North Asia, will pick up the COO reins at Alphatec Holdings, according to an April 25 company announcement. Under Ryan’s leadership that division of Abbott had annual revenues of $200 million. Ryan also held three other senior roles in operations at Abbott—divisional vice-president for Canada [...]

Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) reportedly plans to cut more jobs in its cardiology, rhythm and vascular unit, its biggest business, according to Thomson Reuters News, citing a source close to the medical device maker. If true, the Natick, Mass.-based firm would be the second cardiac company in a week to announce layoffs. Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) [...]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., a specialty diagnostics laboratory that discovers, develops and markets proprietary tests, announced today the completion of the company’s office expansion at the University of New Mexico Science and Technology Park. The expansion, which includes new space for both offices and a laboratory, allows Exagen to accommodate growing test volume [...]

bioMérieux (Paris:BIM) announced today that, as part of a restructuring of its culture media business in the U.S. and Canada, it will phase out the manufacturing of its prepared media for clinical applications and will transfer the production of all other products manufactured at its Portland, Oregon site to other locations. The site became part [...]

NEW BEDFORD — The City Council on Tuesday approved a two-year extension to a special tax assessment for Symmetry Medical, which will allow the company to expand its presence in the New Bedford Business Park. The company, a medical device company, will create at least 100 new jobs at its New Bedford facility over the [...]