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4 August 2020
FDA approves Medtronic devices for bladder and bowel control treatment
Medtronic has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the InterStim Micro neurostimulator and InterStim SureScan MRI leads for the treatment of bladder and bowel control...
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4 August 2020
Sotera Health acquires Canada-based Iotron Industries
Sotera Health has acquired Canada-based Iotron Industries, a provider of the electron beam (EBeam) for sterilisation of medical devices.
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3 August 2020
Mesa Biotech wins NIH contract to accelerate Covid-19 test production
Mesa Biotech has secured a contract for up to $15.4m from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) programme for its Accula SARS-CoV-2 Test.
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3 August 2020
Accumen and Spectrum Solution to launch Covid-19 testing kits in US
US-based Accumen has announced a partnership agreement with medical device company Spectrum Solutions to offer Covid-19 saliva testing kits in the US.
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3 August 2020
Siemens Healthineers to acquire Varian Medical for $16.4bn
Germany-based medical device company Siemens Healthineers has signed an agreement to acquire US-based radiation oncology treatment solutions provider Varian Medical Systems in a $16.4bn deal.
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31 July 2020
Alydia raises funds to support launch of haemorrhage device
Alydia Health has raised fresh funds to support the US commercial launch of the suction device for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH).
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31 July 2020
BD receives investment for Covid-19 test manufacturing in US
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has received a $24m investment from the US Government to support the manufacturing scale-up of Covid-19 diagnostic tests.
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31 July 2020
CHF Solutions launches ultrafiltration therapy in Israel and Palestine
US-based medical device company CHF Solutions has signed a distribution agreement with SysteMedic to make its ultrafiltration therapy available for patients in Israel and Palestine.
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30 July 2020
LKC Technologies secures approval for ophthalmic diagnostic device
US-based medical device company LKC Technologies has secured the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) approval for the RETeval device and associated Sensor Strips skin electrodes.
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30 July 2020
Thrive raises $257m to fund multi-cancer diagnostic test trial
Thrive Earlier Detection has raised $257m in a Series B financing round to fund the registrational trial of the multi-cancer diagnostic test CancerSEEK.