Charles River signs binding offer to buy Citoxlab for $510m

By NS Medical Staff Writer

14 Feb 19

Charles River Laboratories, a US-based firm which provides various pre-clinical and clinical laboratory services, has signed a binding…

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FDA approves Safe Medical Design’s new urinary catheter

By NS Medical Staff Writer

14 Feb 19

Safe Medical Design (SMD), a medical device company dedicated to developing safe and cost-effective solutions in urology, announced…

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J&J to buy robotic medical firm Auris Health for $3.4bn

By NS Medical Staff Writer

14 Feb 19

Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) subsidiary Ethicon has agreed to acquire robotic medical company Auris Health for around $3.4bn…

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AT&T and VITAS Healthcare launch virtual reality study for hospice patients

By NS Medical Staff Writer

13 Feb 19

AT&T and VITAS Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of end-of-life care, have launched a study that intends to…

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QuartzClinical announces cutting-edge machine learning-powered data warehousing and clinical registry tools

By NS Medical Staff Writer

13 Feb 19

At the HIMSS19 conference in Orlando, Florida, QuartzClinical announced the availability of a new suite of sophisticated machine…

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GE Healthcare, Preventice Solutions collaborate to connect heart, hospital and home

By NS Medical Staff Writer

13 Feb 19

GE Healthcare is working with Preventice Solutions to give clinician tools to follow patients with known or suspected…

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Edwards Lifesciences to buy CASMED for $100m

By NS Medical Staff Writer

13 Feb 19

Edwards Lifesciences has agreed to acquire medical technology firm CAS Medical Systems (CASMED) in a deal valued at…

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Private equity firm Francisco Partners acquires Qualcomm Life

By NS Medical Staff Writer

12 Feb 19

Technology-focused private equity company Francisco Partners has acquired Qualcomm's subsidiary Qualcomm Life, which provides end-to-end medical device connectivity…

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VivaLNK introduces IoT-enabled medical wearable sensor platform

By NS Medical Staff Writer

12 Feb 19

Connected healthcare solutions provider VivaLNK has launched IoT-Enabled medical wearable sensor platform for continuous patient monitoring.

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Medline launches ReadyPrep CHG pre-saturated cloths to battle post-operative hospital-acquired infections

By NS Medical Staff Writer

12 Feb 19

Medline announced the launch of its new FDA-approved ReadyPrep CHG cloths that are pre-saturated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate,…

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