Leadership at Johnson & Johnson and Teleflex weigh in on the multi-billion-dollar mergers that are shifting the landscape of the medical device industry.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — More medical device giants offered their 2¢ on high-dollar mega-mergers, joining other companies in saying that they aren't planning any billion-dollar buys just yet.
The Mass. Supreme Judicial Court denies St. Jude Medical's bid to overturn the portions of a lower court's ruling that went against it in its laser technology spat with Volcano Corp.
The highest court in Massachusetts largely denied
An FDA advisory panel narrowly recommends approval for Cohera Medical's TissuGlu surgical adhesive.
Stryker Corp. says it's closed the $375 million acquisition of Small Bone Innovations' assets in North America, with a 2nd closing expected 'later this year.'
Hansen Medical says it more than doubled sales of it robot-assisted surgery systems during the 2nd quarter and exercised warrants worth some $23 million.
Medtronic-backed Proteus Digital raises $172M for sensor-enabled pills; Skyline Medical raises funds to pay corporate salaries; Augmenix raises $11M for surgical hydrogels as Varian's purchase option expires; and more top funding stories for medical device companies this week.
Cleveland-based Checkpoint Surgical secures $7.5 million so far in a quest for $10 million to support its intra-surgical nerve detection systems.
Checkpoint Surgical is looking for another $2.5 million to cap off a $10 million equity funding round originally launched in 2011, according to the company's SEC documents.
