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In the early days of Health Care Renewal we posted several times about allegations that Guidant hid information about defects in the implantable cardiac defibrillators the company manufactured.

NATICK,A Mass. A worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices announced its official sponsorship of World Diabetes Day for the second consecutive year.

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced its schedule of events at the 38th annual Global Congress for Minimally Invasive Gynecology , which runs from November 15-19 in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Donald Baim, a pioneering cardiologist who was chief medical and scientific officer of Boston Scientific Corp., died Friday after surgery to treat a form of cancer.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. is counting on increased sales of its Quill wound closure product line to propel future revenues, predicting it will be No.

Business software and services provider Compuware Corp. has completed its $295 million acquisition of a company that manages, tests and measures the performance of corporate Web sites and mobile applications.

Boston Scientific Corp., which employs about 5,000 in the Twin Cities, said in a regulatory filing Friday it has received a federal subpoena requesting information about contributions the company made to charities that have ties to physicians or their families.

Boston Scientific Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!bsx /quotes/nls/bsx said Friday that it has agreed in principle to settle an investigation with the Department of Justice for $296 million.

A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/06/09, Ferro Corporation announced it has closed on its previously announced common stock offering.

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Friday it will pay $296 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company's Guidant unit.

Relocation of manufacturing of cardiovascular medical devices from Puerto Rico to New Jersey creates 350 new jobs Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, a global provider of cardiovascular technologies, celebrated and formally opened its new United States headquarters in Wayne, New Jersey.

Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday said European regulators have approved its Promus Element stent - the latest version of the company's drug-coated stent technology meant to prop open previously clogged arteries.

Boston Scientific Corp., a leading maker of medical devices for the heart, is visiting Minot this week with a mobile simulated cardiac catheterization lab.

Allergan Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 8 percent on a boost in eye care and Botox wrinkle treatment sales.

AGA Medical : The medical device company's initial public offering was priced at $14.50 and closed Wednesday in its first day of Nasdaq trading up 10 cents.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

The Dow and Nikkei each ended off, though they remain above the 10,000 mark which both recently breached to much fanfare.

Industrial parts distributor Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. on Tuesday reported a 50 percent drop in fiscal first-quarter profit, but the company said sales improved from the previous quarter, showing that the market may be stabilizing.

Peabody Energy says its profits plunged 71 percent with both Europe and the U.S. using much less coal-fired power in the recession.