WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that Manthan Bhatt has joined the association as director, state government and regional affairs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on CMS’s announcement today on procedural changes to improve patients’ access to emerging technologies:
Statement | April 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on CMS’s FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule:
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The medtech industry is one of the key industries in China, where the market demands for high value medical devices have been increasing. The government constantly adjust the... Read More
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June 12, 2019 | Virtual
June 12, 2019 | 1:00 PM - 02:00 PM EDT
The session will cover China post market surveillance (PMS). NMPA (CFDA) has started to put more emphasis on post market supervision than ever before. Three... Read More
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June 13, 2019 | Washington, DC
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Toronto, CA -- Perimeter Medical Imaging, Inc. (“Perimeter Medical”) announced today that the company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the second generation of their platform imaging tool used in the evaluation of human tissue microstructure by providing two-dimensional, cross-sectional, real-time depth visualization.
Enhancements to the newly cleared OTIS™ 2.0 system over the previous generation include:
A novel specimen positioning...
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Tioga Medical, a newly formed Shifamed portfolio company, announced today the closing of its Series A preferred stock financing, raising a total of $15M. Tioga Medical was founded to provide physicians and patients with an elegant transcatheter valve replacement experience that is procedurally simpler and less invasive than current mitral or tricuspid approaches, many of which require transapical access, intricate device sizing regimens, and/or excessive bulk in the...
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Dthera™ Sciences (OTCQB: DTHR), a leading digital therapeutic company specialized in neurodegenerative diseases, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a company headquartered in Japan for development and commercialization rights to Dthera's lead product, DTHR-ALZ. The exclusivity agreement provides exclusive rights to the Japanese partner to perform feasibility studies in Japan and to negotiate a licensing agreement or other transaction for the Japanese...
Philips
Royal Philips has unveiled a new mixed reality concept to aid in minimally invasive surgeries, which it has developed with Microsoft, at the MWC 2019 mobile technology conference in Barcelona, Spain.
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SAN DIEGO, CA - iAssay® Inc., a privately held developer of the world's first open platform, point of care (POC) reader for remote medical diagnostics, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application 13/074,209. The allowed patent includes 66 claims relating to multiple types of patient tests, wireless communications, plug-in modules, and user guides. The patent application is expected to issue in mid-2019...
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