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ABIOMED, Inc. May 22 announced that the French regulatory agency for medical devices, the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé (AFSSAPS) has granted approval of the AB5000 Circulatory Support System.
BSD Medical Corp. announced May 22 its Pre-market Approval Application (PMAA) for the BSD-2000 cancer treatment system has been accepted for filing and review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
AdvaMed President and CEO Stephen J. Ubl issued the following statement in response to a document issued by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BC/BS) suggesting that implementation of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) coding system might increase improper and fraudulent Medicare billings:
"AdvaMed strongly disputes the information contained in the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association document.
Recent legislation being considered by the Massachusetts legislature's Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will make it more difficult for hospitals to use reprocessed medical devices, according to the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR).
EXACT Sciences Corporation announced today that the results of a research study on next generation stool DNA testing technology were presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference, the world's largest meeting of gastroenterology professionals.
As Inviro Medical prepares for a North American product launch in June, the maker of the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe and the Inviro Safety System product line has taken significant actions to propel its market position by securing an additional $12 million round of funding, appointing two new board members and obtaining endorsements from prominent healthcare organizations.
Needless medical tests are costing the U.S. health-care system potentially billions of dollars a year and are adding unnecessarily to patient stress, according to a new study.
A new study suggests that sequential bilateral cochlear implantation, or the placement of cochlear implants in both of a child's ears through separate surgeries, has the potential to improve speech perception abilities in quiet and in noise.