Duderstadt, Germany-based Ottobock Healthcare announced plans to move its distribution and logistics operations to Louisville, Ky., according to a Louisville Business First report.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piramal Imaging's Neuraceq, a positron emission tomography imaging agent to aid in diagnosing dementia, according to a company news release.
The American Hospital Association is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take additional steps to alleviate the saline shortage.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first implantable hearing device geared toward adults who have severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss of high-frequency sounds but can still hear low-frequency sounds, either with or without a hearing aid.
The U.S. market for vascular access devices is projected to be worth more than $2 billion by 2022, according to a Decision Resources Group news release.
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Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline has announced an agreement to purchase cleaning and disinfectant technologies from Niles, Ill.-based Medtrol, a sanitizer and disinfectant manufacturer.
Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health Hospitals has signed an agreement to use Aperek Ellipse, a spend visibility and analytics solution.
Irving Park, Texas-based VHA has partnered with Alpharetta, Ga.-based Care Logistics to provide its member hospitals Care Logistics' Hospital Operating System™, a care coordination model and technology system, according to the companies.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based HealthTrust has selected Melville, N.Y.-based Canon U.S.A and Boca Raton, Fla.-based Virtual Imaging, a wholly owned Canon subsidiary, to provide RadPRO Digital Radiology systems for its member hospitals, according to a joint news release by the companies.
London, England-based Smith & Nephew and Austin-based ArthroCare Corp. have received early termination of the waiting period mandated by antitrust law, satisfying one of the requirements for Smith & Nephew's acquisition of AthroCare.