Posts Tagged ‘medical devices’
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 22:47 | Comments Off
A.M. Vitals: NIH to Freeze Grants for Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchCategories: Wall Street Journal -
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 22:47 | Comments Off
A.M. Vitals: FDA Warns On Inferior Vena Cava FiltersCategories: Wall Street Journal, insurance -
Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 22:28 | Comments Off
A.M. Vitals: J&J’s Plan to Fix Plant Includes 300 LayoffsCategories: Wall Street Journal -
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 23:08 | Comments Off
A.M. Vitals: Avandia Meeting, Day One: ‘Garbage’ Data and Court SettlementsCategories: Wall Street Journal, insurance -
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 06:59 | Comments Off
Follow Those SpaghettiOs! FDA Food, Drug, Device Recall Data ComingCategories: Wall Street Journal -
Friday, June 18th, 2010 at 22:22 | Comments Off
A.M. Vitals: Medtronic’s New Heart Device; Medicare ‘Doc Fix’Categories: Wall Street Journal -
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 03:47 | Comments Off
Boston Scientific to News Media: No Annual Meeting for You!Categories: Wall Street Journal -
Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 10:36 | Comments Off
Health Blog Primer: What’s a Stent?Categories: Wall Street Journal
Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital for chest pain today and had two stents placed in one of the arteries around his heart.
Here’s what that means:
A stent is a wire mesh tube that’s used to prop open an artery. That’s a stent in the picture.
Stents are often used for patients with unstable angina — sudden chest pain that can be a prelude to a heart attack.
In a typical procedure, doctors start by making a small incision in the ..read more
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Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 02:11 | Comments Off
Report: Greek Hospitals Owe Billions to Drug, Device MakersCategories: Wall Street Journal
Here’s the Health Blog’s little corner of the Greek debt saga: The nation’s government-run hospitals owe about $9.5 billion to drug and device manufacturers, the Financial Times reports.
Senior European pharma execs are flying to Athens for talks, and the industry wants the European Commission to find that Greece has broken EU late-payment rules. A deal may be worked out to restructure the debt; a similar deal in 2004 included a significant discount, the FT says.
The government last year set aside ..read more
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 00:51 | Comments Off
Venture Capital, ‘09: Health Care Got Big Piece of Smaller PieCategories: Wall Street Journal
Venture capital funding was way down last year, but health care fell less than other sectors. A few different sets of figures are out today — one from Dow Jones VentureSource, another from the National Venture Capital Association.
The figures from the groups differ a bit, but the broad outlines are similar.
VC deals totaled $21.41 billion last year, down 31% from 2008, according to VentureSource. For the first time, health-care companies got more VC money ($7.73 billion, down 14% from ..read more

