Medical Equipment News

America is getting fatter, two popular anti-smoking drugs are getting new warnings, and a pregnant woman's diet could impact the health of their baby.

Meijer Inc. CEO Hank Meijer will make a rare appearance July 16 when he accepts Business Review's Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation on behalf of the Grand Rapids-based retailer.

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has been named a winner in the fifth annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards , sponsored by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.

As a group, the shares of Utah's top publicly held companies performed surprisingly well during the first six months of 2009, despite the turmoil that continued to batter the nation's economy.

HACKBERRY, AZ a ' A Northern Arizona woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot her boyfriend multiple times nine days ago.

Main Category: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Also Included In: IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 30 Jun 2009 Varian Medical Systems, Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of Houston-based IKOEmed and IKOEtech, privately-owned suppliers of software used in the planning of radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments.

Analysts are starting to pile into the biotech bandwagon now. And for good reason: the AMEX Biotech Index is actually lower today than it was nine years ago.

Boston-based device maker NMT Medical Inc. has received a two-year line of credit worth $4 million from Silicon Valley Bank.

Main Category: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 30 Jun 2009 - 6:00 PDT Baxter International Inc.

It's good news for Rochester, bittersweet news for Ireland. 120 layoffs were announced at Bausch and Lomb's Waterford plant Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman Hospitalized Jul 1, 2009 10:54 am US/Eastern U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman Hospitalized CBS News Interactive: Healthwatch 1 of 1 Rep.

Global eye care giant Bausch & Lomb is to shed 120 jobs at its south-east plant as it looks to cut costs and shift part of its Irish operation to the US.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Antares' needle-free injection device to administer Teva's Tev-Tropin human growth hormone.

Bausch & Lomb is seeking another 120 job cuts at its Waterford plant, it has been announced.

A bone growth agent used in thousands of spinal fusion surgeries for neck pain has been linked to complications and higher cost, according to the first nationwide study of the product.

NMT Medical, Inc. , an advanced medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary implant technologies that allow interventional cardiologists to treat structural heart disease through minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures, today announced that it has entered into a $4.0 million, two-year credit ...

Physio-Control Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc. , announced today that LUCAS 2, the next-generation LUCAS Chest Compression System, has been granted 510 market clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

PHILADELPHIA & HONG KONG -- -- Biofield Corp. , today announced that it has shipped the initial order of its proprietary Biofield Diagnostic System for the early detection of breast cancer units , to an exclusive distributor representing the Mexican, Central and Latin American markets.

Aura Biosciences Inc. , a newly launched biotechnology company focused on novel drug-delivery methods, has added two board members and a corporate adviser to its leadership team.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Antares Pharma Inc. said Monday the companies received Food and Drug Administration approval for use of the human growth hormone Tev-Tropin in a needle-free injection system.