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VAripulse

J&J resumes US Varipulse sales, but will it matter?

Feb. 18, 2025
By Annette Boyle
Nearly six weeks after Johnson & Johnson paused the U.S. external evaluation of its Varipulse pulsed field ablation catheter to investigate several neurovascular events in initial cases, the med-tech giant resumed its limited market release with revised global instructions for use.
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Device recalls, corrections back in play in month of February

Feb. 6, 2025
By Mark McCarty
The U.S. FDA’s device center hasn’t issued news bulletins or guidances in the past week, but the march of device recalls continues apace in the month of February.
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Patents

Lent patents pediatric epinephrine auto-injector

Feb. 5, 2025
By Simon Kerton
In the first patenting from Lent Innovations LLC, the company’s founder, Anne Lent – an allergist and immunologist – describes their invention of an epinephrine auto-injector tailored to the specific needs of children to reduce the risk of use errors and incorrect injection technique.
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China blacklists Illumina as part of US tariffs counter

Feb. 4, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
The Chinese government blacklisted several American companies, including gene sequencing-focused biotechnology firm Illumina Inc. and fashion brand PVH Corp., citing threats to China’s “national sovereignty, security and development interests.”
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Acquisition puzzle

Zimmer Biomet buying Paragon 28 for $1.1B to bolster F&A offerings

Jan. 29, 2025
By Holland Johnson
In a move that the company, said demonstrates its commitment to investing in higher growth areas, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. reported its plans to buy foot and ankle (F&A) orthopedic specialist Paragon 28 Inc. for an up-front payment of $13 a share in cash, corresponding to an equity value of approximately $1.1 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.
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J&J gains CE mark for second PFA catheter

Jan. 10, 2025
By Annette Boyle
Timing is everything. Just days after confirming a pause in the U.S. rollout of its Varipulse pulsed field ablation (PFA) catheter, Johnson & Johnson’s electrophysiology program received an epic reprieve from European regulators who granted the company’s dual-energy Thermacool Smarttouch SF catheter CE mark.
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Boston Sci secures IVL tech with up to $664M Bolt buy

Jan. 8, 2025
By Annette Boyle
In early validation of widespread predictions of a robust year for M&A activity, Boston Scientific Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire the 74% of Bolt Medical Inc. it doesn’t already own for $443 million up front and up to $221 million in contingent milestone payments.
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Year in review

AI drives financings, approvals for APAC med-tech in 2024

Dec. 27, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
AI pulled in major financings and approvals for Asia med-techs in 2024 as Asia Pacific countries played to individual strengths to maximize AI’s applications in the health care sector. While breakaway AI technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT reshaped and boosted many industries, AI also drove major financings for APAC med-techs weathering a wider macroeconomic downturn, with AI-based companies accounting for five out of 11 IPOs tracked on BioWorld’s med-tech IPOs list.
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Year in review

BCI devices make strides

Dec. 23, 2024
By Shani Alexander
Companies developing brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies certainly stepped up their activities this year with several starting to implant their devices into humans. After decades as an experimental technology pursued exclusively in research settings, BCI devices could be just a few years away from entering clinical practice – and investors are paying attention.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine surgeons performing a kidney transplant.

Paragonix’s Kidney Vault receives FDA nod for organ transport

Oct. 28, 2024
By Annette Boyle
The U.S. FDA cleared Paragonix Technologies Inc.’s Kidneyvault portable renal perfusion system, which combines digital monitoring capabilities and hypothermic perfusion technology to preserve donor kidneys during transportation.
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