Topic: Medical Devices
Test of "artificial pancreas" offers diabetes hope
Reuters US Online Report Science News
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment. Researchers from Britain's Cambridge University tested the device on 17 children with type 1 ...
Boston Scientific spends $480K on lobbying in 4Q
AP News
Boston Scientific spends $480K to lobby government in 4th qtr, up about $100K year-over-yearMedical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. spent $480,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on the health reform effort as well as other health care-related matters. The Natick, Mass.-based company lobbied on ...
Boston Scientific to pay JNJ $1.73B in settlement
AP Features
Boston Scientific said Monday it will pay medical device rival Johnson and Johnson $1.73 billion to settle several seven-year-old patent disputes over drug-coated stents. Boston Scientific will pay Johnson & Johnson's Cordis unit $1 billion Monday and $725 million next January. The settlement resolves three patent disputes dating ...
Up to 10 percent of Iraqis disabled by war, sanctions
Reuters US Online Report World News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Amputee Hamza Hameed is a living reminder of the U.S. "shock and awe" bombardment during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, one of up to three million Iraqis disabled after years of war, sanctions and economic deprivation. He lost his right leg, amputated just below the ...
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