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NUCRYST Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders

PRNewswire | 19 hours 45 minutes ago

PRINCETON, NJ, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced today that a Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, December 21, 2009. The purpose of the Meeting is to consider approval of two special resolutions. The first special resolution is to approve and authorize the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NUCRYST, substantially on the terms provided for in the asset purchase agreement dated November 10, 2009 among the NUCRYST Pharmace...... (more)


Reportlinker Adds Power Wheelchair Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2009 to 2015

PRNewswire | 1 day 1 hour 45 minutes ago

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Reportlinker Adds Medical Specialty Bags - Global Market Trends

PRNewswire | 1 day 3 hours 15 minutes ago

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Reportlinker Adds Stethoscopes - A Worldwide Market Intelligence Report

PRNewswire | 1 day 3 hours 15 minutes ago

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Biotel Announced Profitable First Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

PRNewswire | 1 day 3 hours 45 minutes ago

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Invacare Declares Quarterly Dividend

Business Wire | 1 day 3 hours 45 minutes ago

The Board of Directors of Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC) announced that it declared a cash dividend of $.0125 per share on its common shares and $.011364 per share on its Class B common shares payable January 14, 2010 to shareholders of record on January 5, 2010.... (more)


University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) Adopts TandemHeart Versatile Circulatory Support Device from CardiacAssist

Business Wire | 1 day 4 hours 27 minutes ago

CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.... (more)


Discus Dental Announces Redesigned Zoom Chairside Whitening Kit

MarketWire | 1 day 5 hours 15 minutes ago

CULVER CITY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- Discus Dental®, LLC today announced the release of its newly redesigned Zoom® Chairside Whitening Kit, improving overall procedure ease of use and safety by reducing the total number of steps in the Zoom procedure. ... (more)


Correction: ZOLL Medical Awarded Federal Supply Schedule Contract for Intravascular Temperature Management

Business Wire | 1 day 21 hours 14 minutes ago

In a press release issued on November 18, 2009, ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL) incorrectly stated that it was the exclusive intravascular temperature management solution available on the Federal Supply Schedule. Information has come to our attention that we are not the exclusive intravascular temperature management solution on the Federal Supply Schedule. We regret the error.... (more)


EnteroMedics Receives Notice of NASDAQ Listing Deficiencies

Business Wire | 1 day 21 hours 45 minutes ago

EnteroMedics Inc. (NASDAQ: ETRM), the developer of medical devices using neuroblocking technology to treat obesity and other gastrointestinal disorders, announced today that on November 13, 2009 it received two Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letters indicating that, for 30 consecutive business days, the Company's listed securities did not maintain the minimum Market Value of Publicly Held Share (MVPHS) of $15,000,000 as required by Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C) and did not maintain a minimum bid price ...... (more)


Medtronic Chairman and CEO Bill Hawkins Provides Statement on U.S. Senate s Revised Medical Device Industry Fee Proposal

Business Wire | 1 day 23 hours 45 minutes ago

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), chairman and CEO Bill Hawkins today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s revised proposal regarding a medical device industry fee released yesterday. This new proposal amends the Senate Finance Committee’s earlier proposed $40 billion fee on the medical device industry.... (more)


Medtronic Chairman and CEO Bill Hawkins Comments on U.S. Senate's Revised Medical Device Industry Fee Proposal

Business Wire | 1 day 23 hours 45 minutes ago

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), chairman and CEO Bill Hawkins today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s revised proposal regarding a medical device industry fee released yesterday. This new proposal amends the Senate Finance Committee’s earlier proposed $40 billion fee on the medical device industry.... (more)


Medtronic Receives International Business Leadership Award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

Business Wire | 1 day 23 hours 45 minutes ago

Medtronic, Inc. received today an International Business Leadership Award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in recognition for its significant impact on the economy of the state of Florida in the Education & Training category.... (more)


Retractable Technologies, Inc. Has 3Q 2009 Revenues Increase 19.5 Percent Over 3Q 2008

Business Wire | 2 days 45 minutes ago

Retractable Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) (AMEX: RVP), a leading maker of safety needle medical devices, reported revenues of $10.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 19.5% over the same period in 2008. The increase in total revenues from the year-ago quarter was partially due to the sales generated as a result of the Company’s selection by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“DHHS”) as one of the providers of safety syringes for swine flu v...... (more)




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