CEO Touts Dexcom's Diabetes Management Success, Says CGM Launch With Verily "On Track" For 2018
Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer spoke candidly about his organization’s recent growth and the associated “growing pains” as he laid out the company’s strategy moving forward. Despite what he calls the “most complicated product launch in our history” — the G5 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) — Sayer reported a 60 percent bump in Q1 diabetes management system revenue, gleaned by far outperforming market competitors, including Medtronic, J&J, and Abbott. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Leveraging Technology for Risk-Based Monitoring for Small Start-ups to Large Organizations
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm, EDT US Duration: 90 Minutes - Online Price: $299 - Includes Bonus Handouts! (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Edwards Lifesciences Rides Momentum In TAVR
Building on a strong showing during the preceding quarter, and based on increased adoption in the United States, transcatheter heart valve (THV) therapies drove up first quarter sales of Edwards Lifesciences, the company announced recently. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
New Products, Emerging Markets Power Boston Scientific's Best Quarterly Performance In A Decade
Boston Scientific has achieved double-digit growth in four of its seven businesses for a total of 11 percent Q1 growth overall, its best quarterly performance in over a decade, according to senior executives. Analysts attribute the growth in part to the company’s ability to diversify in lesser known markets and the successful launch of several new products. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Transformative Potential Of Elekta's High-Field MR-Guided Linear Accelerator Highlighted In Seven Abstracts At ESTRO 35
Elekta today announced that its leading-edge high-field MR-guided linear accelerator (MR-linac) platform will be the focal point of seven scientific presentations at ESTRO 35, the annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology, taking placeApril 29 - May 3. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Philips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance Of CT Imaging Solutions For Lung Cancer Screening To Help Hospitals Of All Sizes Drive Earlier Detection And Improve Patient Care Decisions
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that any hospital or healthcare facility with one of its indicated computed tomography (CT) models can now become a lung cancer screening center. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Stryker's Performance Solutions Announces JointCOACH™ Engagement Platform Designed To Educate And Navigate Patients Through The Entire Episode Of Joint Replacement Care
Stryker's Performance Solutions (SPS), the business unit of Stryker's Reconstructive Division that partners with hospitals and physician practices to improve quality outcomes, patient satisfaction and profitability in the orthopedic segment, is launching a new digital patient engagement and education platform to help improve the overall care delivery and experience for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 28, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Philips' HealthTech Unit Fuels Q1 Sales Growth
Royal Philips is starting to reap positive results from its strategic pivot into healthcare, with its HealthTech business expanding by 5 percent during the first quarter, helping drive comparable sales growth up 3 percent to €5.5 billion. Continued investments, deal-making, and product launches contributed to the strong performance of the unit, which will be the sole focus for the company after it sells its Lighting business. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Nokia Plans To Acquire Withings To Accelerate Entry Into Digital Health
Nokia has announced plans to acquire Withings S.A., a pioneer and leader in the connected health revolution with a family of award-winning digital health products and services to help people all over the world lead healthier, happier and more productive lives. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Siemens Announces FDA Clearance Of SMS, GOBrain Neuro MRI Applications
Siemens Healthcare has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared two new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications – Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) and GOBrain – that are designed to dramatically reduce the time required for MRI examinations of the brain. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Boston Scientific Receives U.S. FDA Approval For ImageReady™ MR-Conditional Pacing System
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a suite of products deemed safe for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
04.28.16 -- BoSci SVP Talks Pacing Devices | GE Healthcare's Growth Explosion
04/28/16Med Device Online Newsletter (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 27, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Baxter Reports Strong Q1 Growth, Hints At Innovative Pipeline
Baxter CEO Jose Almeida — the former CEO of Covidien — is making good on his promises to drive growth by cutting costs and investing in innovation, as the company announced a worldwide 4 percent increase in revenues in the first quarter of 2016. Baxter also will host an innovation hall at its 2016 Investor Conference, which will showcase the company’s recent R&D efforts. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Using Learning Management Systems (LMS) to Develop Pharma Training: Rewards & Challenges
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Time: 10:30am-12pm, EDT US Duration: 90 Minutes - Online Price: $299 - Includes Bonus Handouts! (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Boston Scientific's Plan To Create Modular Pacing — A Chat With Dr. Ken Stein, SVP/CMO, Cardiac Rhythm Management
Med Device Online recently interviewed Dr. Ken Stein, SVP and chief medical officer at Boston Scientific CRM. Dr. Stein discussed his company’s yet-to-be-named, leadless micro pacer, where the device stands in development, and how Boston Scientific plans to combine its new pacing technology with its subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) to create a flexible modular system. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 26, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
