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FDA issues final guidance to shorten medical device trials

Monday, February 08 2010
A final guidance on Bayesian statistical methods used in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials was issued Feb. 5 by the FDA.

Bos Sci settles long-standing stent patent disputes with J&J for $1.7B

Thursday, February 04 2010
Boston Scientific has settled three patent disputes with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for $1.73 billion.
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Advanced imaging accreditation looms, and that's good

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved three organizations as designated accrediting bodies for non-hospital providers of advanced medical imaging. Stephen Green, MD, chief of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., said that such accreditation standardization makes sense.

Commentary: Clinical co-management is option for hospital-physician alignment

Market forces, healthcare reform and decreasing reimbursement for physician practices are forcing cardiology groups to evaluate long-term practice revenue. The clinical co-management model has become a popular method for cardiology group practices to begin exploring what a hospital affiliation might look like.

Commentary: Health IT saves money for cardiology billing challenges

Cardiology practices have always faced distinctive coding and billing challenges. Today, rapidly declining reimbursement makes it imperative for practices to collect every legitimate charge, requiring the assistance health IT solutions.
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NexGen, Ingram Micro team up for EHR adoption

Partnerships & Alliances | Monday, February 08 2010
Health IT distributor Ingram Micro has entered into a new distribution agreement with EHR/practice management company NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to recruit, train and support new partners focused on providing health IT in order for providers to take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 stimulus payments for health IT adoption.

St. Jude scores CE mark for two defibrillator devices

Regulatory News | Monday, February 08 2010
The European Union has granted CE mark of approval for St. Jude Medical’s Fortify ST implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and its Unify cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator for distribution throughout Europe.

FDA greenlights Lupin's generic hypertension drug

Regulatory News | Monday, February 08 2010
The FDA has authorized perindopril erbumine in 2 mg, 4 mg, and 8 mg tablets from generic pharmaceutical maker Lupin Pharmaceuticals for use in patients with essential hypertension and as a conventional treatment for the management of coronary artery disease.

Vital appoints Muduroglu to board

Executive Announcements | Monday, February 08 2010
Vital Images, a provider of advanced visualization software, has appointed Oran Muduroglu as a member of its board of directors.

Cardiovascular Systems narrows losses in Q2

Financial News | Sunday, February 07 2010
Cardiovascular Systems, a medical device developer of interventional treatment systems for vascular disease, has reported its financial results for the 2009 second quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2009, indicating a narrowing of net losses.

Cardiac Science issues AED recall

Industry News | Sunday, February 07 2010
Cardiac Science has initiated a worldwide voluntary recall after determining that approximately 12,200 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) may not be able to deliver therapy during a resuscitation attempt, which may lead to serious adverse events or death.

JACC: TEVAR shows promise over surgery for aortic disease

Clinical Studies | Sunday, February 07 2010
Current data from nonrandomized studies suggest that thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) may reduce early death, paraplegia, renal insufficiency, transfusions, reoperation for bleeding, cardiac complications, pneumonia and length of stay compared with open surgery, according to a meta-analysis published online Feb. 3 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Yet, the authors noted that “sustained benefits on survival have not been proven.”

Volcano found guilty over OCT breach of contract

Industry News | Sunday, February 07 2010
A Massachusetts Superior Court For Suffolk County jury has ruled against Volcano and its wholly owned subsidiary, Axsun Technologies, in a breach of contract lawsuit filed by Lightlab Imaging on Jan. 7, 2009.

Strong heart valve sales drive up Edwards’ profits, income for Q4, FY09

Financial News | Sunday, February 07 2010
Edwards Lifesciences, a provider of products to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, has reported strong income and sales gains in the fourth quarter of 2009, as well as the 2009 fiscal year, mainly bolstered by an uptick in heart valve sales.

FDA approves Sorin's updated CRT-D

Regulatory News | Sunday, February 07 2010
The FDA has approved Sorin Group’s next-generation cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), the Paradym CRT Model 8750.

Abiomed’s net loss narrows, due to Impella sales uptick

Financial News | Sunday, February 07 2010
Abiomed, a provider of heart support technologies, has narrowed its net losses in the third quarter of 2010, which ended Dec. 31, 2009.

Trial launched to assess 320-slice CT ability to detect CAD

Industry News | Saturday, February 06 2010
An international study on CT perfusion imaging at 15 medical centers in eight countries, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, have enrolled the first dozen patients to figure out how well various imaging tests can measure the degree of blockage or narrowing in any particular artery and their use in predicting patients who need catheterization or angioplasty, or bypass surgery.

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