PHILADELPHIA The first attempt at using a technology for medical applications does not always work, but Gulya (Como, Italy) says there is life left in lasers as a means for checking glucose levels. Emanuel Bosi, MD, director of department of medicine at Ospedale San Raffaele (Milan, Italy), made the trip to the U.S. to give attendees at this year's edition of the scientific sessions by the American Diabetes Association (ADA; Alexandria, Virginia) a look at Gulya's pilot study, which Bosi said was encouraging enough to push the company to invest more in the idea. Read More
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland The Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) made by Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California) aced its way through a second advisory committee vote earlier this week, the second such outcome in the past year for the device. The circulatory systems advisory committee gave the device's use in inoperable patients a nod last July by a vote of 9-0 that the benefits outweighed the risks, and the vote for patients at high risk for surgery won a convincing 11-0 vote as well, although one panelist abstained from voting. Read More
