FDA approves St. Jude Medical's TactiCath Quartz force-sensing catheter

The FDA approves St. Jude Medical's TactiCath Quartz force-sensing ablation catheter for treating atrial fibrillation.

St. Jude Medical

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Integra LifeSciences closes MicroFrance, Xomed buy from Medtronic

Integra LifeSciences says it closed the $60 million buy of a pair of Medtronic's ear, nose & throat instrument lines.

Integra LifeSciences Corp., Medtronic

News Well, Mergers & Acquisitions, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

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Exclusive: Salesforce to make big push into healthcare industry

Salesforce is reportedly ramping up to enter the healthcare market in a big way.

Salesforce

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Covidien plans to sell vascular therapies unit ahead of Medtronic merger

Covidien says it plans to divest its vascular therapies business to mollify U.S. anti-trust regulators about its proposed $43 billion merger with Medtronic.

Covidien, Medtronic

News Well, Medtronic buys Covidien, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Could Apple's HealthKit be the tipping point to mobile-first applications?

By Michael Colombo

Calgary Scientific, Apple

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Medtech's betting on the GOP in midterm elections

A look at the top 10 politicial action committee donations shows that medtech is betting heavily on a GOP win in the midterm elections.

The medical device industry is betting on a Republican sweep of the U.S. Congress during the 2014 mid term elections, according to a MassDevice.com analysis of donations made by the industry's 10 largest political action committees.

Baxter International, Boston Scientific, Covidien, Medtronic, AdvaMed

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Medtronic updates on $43B Covidien deal financing

Medtronic issues an update on the debt financing behind its pending $43 billion acquisition of Covidien.

Covidien, Medtronic, Standard & Poor's

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