Industry Insights

Hologic Inc., a global leader in women’s health, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Endomagnetics Ltd (Endomag), a privately held UK-based developer of breast cancer surgery technologies, for approximately $310 million. “We are thrilled to complete...

Providence St. Joseph Hospital announced it has successfully performed the world’s first robotic spinal surgery using a new open spine platform by eCential Robotics to implant a Spineart medical device. eCential Robotics, a surgical robotics company which developed...

The Texas Heart Institute (THI) and BiVACOR®, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced today the successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) as part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Early Feasibility...

Jeff Shuren is stepping aside as the Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to multiple reports. The center is responsible for assuring the safety, effectiveness, and quality of medical...

AVITA Medical Inc., a commercial-stage regenerative medicine company focused on first-in-class devices for wound care management and skin restoration, recently announced that the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital of Augusta is the first U.S. burn center...

Olympus has announced its support for a decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to significantly increase the payment rate for the per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) procedure, a change that is expected to improve patient access to the...