No doubt some are tired of hearing me go on about the FDA budget, but industry thinks the agency is under-funded, too. Most who are part of this discussion believe FDA would be more functional with appropriate appropriations, but they…
Tag Archives: Medtronic
Medtronic, the face of Med Tax opposition?
April 5, 2012 – 4:47 PM
Don’t look now, but Medtronic has quite possibly just become the poster child of the opposition against the Medical Device Tax. During a call with analysts in February, the med-tech giant said that it expected to pay up to $175…
Medtronic plans to enter ED market
November 4, 2011 – 3:33 PM
Medtronic has the potential to be a trend setter with its attempt to have drug eluting stents (DES) treat erectile dysfunction (ED).
A whole new world
October 28, 2011 – 9:44 AM
Five years ago this month my byline began appearing on the pages of Medical Device Daily. When I first joined the MDD staff in October 2006 I knew very little about this industry. It was like moving to a new…
A tinkerer at heart, Wilson Greatbatch epitomized what that means to medicine
October 4, 2011 – 11:19 AM
A prolific inventor who died last week in upstate New York at the age of 92, Wilson Greatbatch is credited with more than 325 patents, including coming up with the first practical implantable pacemaker.
Could Medtronic eventually shed Infuse?
September 26, 2011 – 6:00 AM
After Johnson & Johnson (J&J, New Brunswick, New Jersey) said that it was going to discontinue its work in the drug eluting stent (DES) market, my eyes then began to focus on Medtronic (Minneapolis), which has recently taken a beating…
Medtronic’s $2.5M InFuse fix: Off-label use + implant = headaches
August 5, 2011 – 1:02 PM
The deal struck by Medtronic (Fridley, Minnesota) regarding an evaluation of adverse events associated with off-label use of the InFuse bone morphogenic protein is conspicuous, but not so much because it will cost the firm $2.5 million to have Yale…
MDD’s Top 10 deals (so far) of ’11
July 14, 2011 – 8:00 AM
Now that the first half of 2011 is already in our rearview mirror, Medical Device Daily has compiled a Top 10 list of the biggest deals so far this year. Admittedly, the list was inspired by the excitement of last…
