Medical Device

Convatec to manufacture new infusion set for Tandem Diabetes Care

18-Jul-2023 By Isabel Cameron

Convatec Group, a medical products and technologies company focused on chronic conditions, has partnered with Tandem Diabetes Care on a new five-inch infusion set for Tandem Mobi, the world’s smallest durable automated insulin delivery system.

Scottish company starts clinical trial for toenail fungus after recruiting world-renowned expert

06-Jul-2023 By Liza Laws

Toenail fungus is an embarrassing problem to have but Scottish health tech firm, Emblation is hopeful its treatment could prove effective.

Women in Science: How Charco Neurotech's Lucy Jung is 'restoring joy' for Parkinson's patients

05-Jul-2023 By Isabel Cameron

Lucy Jung is the CEO and founder at Charco Neurotech, a medtech start-up which has developed the CEU1, a wearable device for Parkinson's, that uses vibrotactile stimulation to reduce symptoms of slowness and stiffness - resulting in improved movement....

FDA grants Breakthrough Device designation to digital therapeutic

29-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The BiovitalsHF, from Biofourmis, is intended to augment decision-making in clinical environments, and to supplement traditional pharmaceutical therapies.

Dutch medical device CRO expands in North America

01-Nov-2017 By Melissa Fassbender

Factory CRO has acquired MileStone Research Organization as it looks to build the company’s footprint in North America.

CRO market: backlog growth ‘pretty remarkable,’ says analyst

17-Aug-2017 By Melissa Fassbender

Contract research organization (CRO) earnings reports have been filing in over the past few weeks – and as a group, performance was positive following concerns around slowing outsourcing trends.

Greatbatch: $1.7bn acq 'transfromative' in the medical device space

22-Sep-2015 By Dan Stanton

Standard & Poor has assigned a ‘stable’ rating to Greatbatch after the contract manufacturer secured $1.5bn to buy fellow medical devicemaker Lake Region Medical.

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Icon doubles down on devices with new research group

09-Mar-2015 By Zachary Brennan

CRO Icon has launched a new medical device and diagnostics research group following the combination of recently acquired Aptiv Solutions’ expertise with its own experts.

Wuxi looks to biologics, med devices with expansions in Minnesota, China

15-May-2014 By Zachary Brennan

Wuxi PharmaTech has completed an expansion of its materials characterization testing facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as its work on a new biologics biosafety testing facility in Suzhou, China.

Theorem Looks to Further Conquer Outsourced Med Device Trial Sector

11-Jul-2013 By Zachary Brennan

CRO Theorem Clinical Research says new Emergo alliance is part of an effort to become the go-to outsourcing partner for medical device developers seeking long-term data.

NSF moves into medical device trial training

18-Jan-2012

Training and consultancy firm NSF Health Sciences (NSF-DBA) has acquired Pink Associates in a bid to broaden its service offering.

Icon and Premier both expand through acquisition

16-Jul-2007 By Kirsty Barnes

Two contract research organisations (CROs), Icon Clinical Research
and Premier Research, have just announced expansions through
acquisitions.