Edwards Lifesciences Corp.'s buy of Cas Medical Systems Inc. (Casmed) this spring appears to have borne fruit. The Irvine, Calif.-based company reported that the U.S. FDA has granted clearance for a smart cable enabling compatibility between the company's Foresight tissue oximetry (brain oxygenation) sensors and the Hemosphere advanced monitoring platform.

BEIJING – The trade war has escalated. On Aug. 23, China announced retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. exports, 10 days after the U.S. slapped the same amount on $300 billion of Chinese goods. Once again, the med-tech sector is neck deep in this tariff tit-for-tat.