Employees from the secretive Google X research group have met with members from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who oversee and regulate eye devices and diagnostics for heart conditions, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System selected Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline Industries to serve as its preferred distribution partner for the next three years, according to a news release.
The total global anesthesia and respiratory devices market is expected to be worth $12.7 billion by 2015, according to a new report published by MarketsandMarkets.
The medical and surgical instrument manufacturing industry is expected to be valued at $61 billion by 2017, according to a Research and Markets report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 17 percent fewer "first-of-a-kind" drugs in 2013 than in 2012, according to an ABC News report.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Waltham, Mass.-based EarlySense's EarlySense 2.0 bedside monitoring system, according to a news release by the company.
Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter International has voluntarily recalled certain lots of Clinimix Injection and Clinimix E Injection parenteral nutrition products due to particular matter found in the solution.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given 510(k) marketing clearance to Palo Alto, Calif.-based Topera for its latest 3D mapping system, according to a news release.
The global refurbished medical device market is expected to hit $8.45 billion by 2017, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 7.8 percent, according to a Markets and Markets report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given St. Paul, Minn.-based Smiths Medical 510(k) clearance to market its CADD-Solis Pain Management system with programmed intermittent bolus and patient controlled analgesics delivery, according to a news release.