The EU initiated a dispute complaint with the World Trade Organization over China’s intellectual property (IP) enforcement allowing Chinese courts to block infringement litigation worldwide. The Feb. 18 complaint, posted by the WTO last week, takes issue with Chinese courts issuing global injunctions barring patent holders from asserting their rights through legal proceedings in other countries until the case is settled in China.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Freenome, Genialis, Inhibrx, Inspiremd, Intricon, Invera Medical, Photocure, Qiagen, Ra Medical, Singular Genomics, Tria Transcatheter, Venari Medical.
With a round of conference presentations and a new marketing program launched this week, Sight Sciences Inc. kicked off a focused effort to increase awareness of its Omni surgical system’s FDA clearance for glaucoma procedures performed independently of cataract surgery. The coordinated push aims to further boost revenues, which saw an estimated 65% increase compared to 2020 and 12% increase quarter-on-quarter, based on preliminary fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 results.
The FDA reported that the recall of the Arrow-Trerotola percutaneous thrombolytic device is a class I recall due to the risk of tip damage during use. This hazard could result in detachment of the tip from the device basket, which could damage or block vessels, a potentially lethal hazard for the patient.
A needle-free injection system for patients with diabetes developed by Nugen Medical Devices Inc. has been approved for use in 40 countries but until now has yet to crack the North American market. Nugen said it is now gearing up for FDA and Mexican approval of the Nugen MD needle-free injector following Health Canada’s approval of the system less than a month after the Toronto med tech went public in late 2021.
PERTH, Australia – Nearly three-fourths of medical device stakeholders supported introducing mandatory reporting of medical device-related adverse events by health care facilities in Australia, but many raised concerns about data duplication and integrity.
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