The FTSE 100 medical devices manufacturer has said it will increase its research and development budget by $300m (£186m) over the next five years and plans to set aside 20pc of this for emerging markets. The investment comes as Smith & Nephew sharpens its focus on countries such as Brazil, Russia, China and India, with [...]

This past Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was in talks to purchase Swiss-based Synthes for about $20 billion. If Synthes and JNJ’s DePuy were to combine, the resulting firm would be the world’s largest orthopedic company with annual orthopedic shipments of around $9.3 billion. In market share terms, the combined [...]

Want to review a specific surgical technique or check up on a product demonstration animation? Go to either of two Aesculap websites to access the company’s new video library featuring surgical technique videos, product demonstrations and patient testimonials in the categories of general surgery, neurosurgery, spine and orthopaedics. The web site locations are: www.AesculapUSA.com/Video_Library and www.AesculapImplantSystems.com/Video_Library. According [...]

BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of Hologic, by reversing [...]

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – February 24, 2011) – Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, has received CE Mark for the 29 millimeter version of its Edwards SAPIEN XT transcatheter aortic heart valve. The valve will be available with the Ascendra transapical delivery system for implantation through [...]

Kevin Lobo is resigning as president of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, the Business Courier reported. He’s leaving for family reasons, officials with the Blue Ash-based company said. Replacing him as of Feb. 7 will be Chuck Austin, who is worldwide president of Irvine, Calif.-based Advanced Sterilization Products, which is, like Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2011/02/ethicon-president-lobo-resigns.html?ana=otjrss

NeuroTherm, a Wilmington-based maker of radio frequency generators for use by doctors, has bought some assets of Technomed Europe, a neurodiagnostic accessories supplier based in the Netherlands. As part of the acquisition, NeuroTherm has bought the intellectual property and manufacturing “know-how” pertaining to some of Technomed’s needle products, according to Cortec Group, the New York [...]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics laboratory that discovers, develops and markets proprietary genomic tests, today announced an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with EndoChoice, Inc. to promote its diagnostic services to gastroenterologists throughout the United States. Under the agreement, EndoChoice’s experienced, gastroenterology-focused sales force will introduce Exagen’s proprietary gene expression tests for [...]

MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Healthcare today announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is [...]

EXTON, Pa., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Kensey Nash Corporation , a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial solutions for a wide range of medical procedures, announced today that it has received the CE Mark for the Company’s Cartilage Repair Device. This approval allows for the marketing and sale of the Device, which [...]