ATLANTA — Several med-tech CEOs were the center of attention during this week's South Eastern Medical Device Association (Norcross, Georgia) annual conference at the Georgia Aquarium. However the spotlight didn't include heavy grillings from senators regarding bonuses, pay or flying in expensive private jets. (Medical Device Daily)

In a time when headlines across the country are announcing layoffs, bankruptcies and closings, Cook Medical (Bloomington, Indiana) plans on launching a new strategic business unit dedicated to the field of interventional radiology and poised to focus on many of the oncology, nonvascular and venus procedures often performed in IR labs. (Diagnostics & Imaging Week)