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Biosciences

Medtronic’s Wireless Rejection

Wall Street unfazed by FDA panel’s rejection of company’s wireless heart monitoring device.
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Biosciences

Boston Defends Guidant Buy

Boston Scientific’s CFO stands ground that buying troubled heart device maker Boston Scientific was the best thing the company ever did.
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Biosciences

Building the Bionic Man

Year in Review: Innovation and controversy defined the medical technology industry.
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Biosciences

Boston Sci’s $381M Indigestion

Medical device maker squirrels away the money to deal with the legal woes of Guidant.
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Biosciences, Finance

BSX Warns on Heart Devices

Boston Scientific shares dip 7 percent after warnings some devices could cause problems.
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Biosciences

Patent Verdict Goes to BSX

J&J vows to appeal a judge’s decision that upholds rival company’s heart-device patent.
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Biosciences

Stent Carries 2 Drugs at Once

Conor Medsystems implants the first patient with a dual-drug heart device.
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Biosciences, Finance

Suing to See Guidant’s Prices

Medical device maker Guidant gets slapped with a lawsuit over its secrecy policy.
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Biosciences

Heart Device Risks Examined

Recent recalls stir discussion on the reporting and replacement of faulty cardiac devices.
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General news, Biosciences

FTC OK Ends Guidant Deal Saga

Boston Scientific gets U.S. government clearance to acquire troubled heart device maker Guidant.
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General news, Biosciences

Med-Tech Spooked by Medicare

A U.S. agency’s plan to cut reimbursements for heart devices dents stocks of companies that make them.
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Biosciences

Cambridge Heart’s Win

Firm stirs up the market with a test that could break the hearts of device makers.
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Biosciences, Finance

Guidant Coached on Safety

An independent panel suggests how the troubled heart device maker can better its patient safety communication skills.
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General news, Biosciences

Guidant: Now It’s Batteries

The problem-plagued company warns doctors about possible battery troubles in some of its defibrillators.
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General news, Biosciences

Absorbable Heart Device Tests

Guidant starts the first clinical trial of a heart stent that can be absorbed by the body.
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Biosciences

Drugs & Devices: Guidant in EU

Europe probes Boston-Guidant deal; Inamed’s outperforming wrinkle filler; polls shows Americans like techy medicine.
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Biosciences

Boston Delays Guidant Deal

Boston Scientific postpones its Guidant acquisition by a week, sacrificing about $31 million in interest.
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Biosciences

Guidant Late on Repair Alert

Inspectors say heart device maker failed to report in a timely manner on repair work for certain defibrillator products.
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Biosciences

Drugs & Devices: Vitamin Heals

BSX 4Q sales slip; Boston Scientific quarterly sales fall; St. Jude pacemakers approved
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General news, Biosciences

Surviving as a Stent Startup

To succeed in the nascent drug-coated stent industry, startups are finding niche markets and cozying up to industry giants.
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