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FRIDAY MAY 17 2002

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* Sulzer Medica bid to convert final opt-outs in US implants settlement

Sulzer Medica last week found that it was not yet out of the woods in its efforts to settle US claims for compensation following problems with its hip and knee implants, when 120 plaintiffs refused to opt in for a share of the $1 billion compensation on offer from the Zurich, Switzerland company.

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* Abbott falls on plant QSR failure

Shares in Abbott Laboratories dropped by over 9% last week on the release of an FDA report that found that its Lake County, Illinois, diagnostic plant still failed to meet US quality system regulation (QSR) standards.

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* Boston takes urology company BEI for $95 million

Boston Scientific's spending spree shows no sign of letting up.

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* Medtronic launches improved single-chamber ICD

Medtronic has launched its Marquis VR implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device in Europe, which it claims is notably quicker and more accurate than rival devices.

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* Industry Scoreboard 2002

Mergers and acquisitions were back in the news in 2001 with the number of transactions covered in Instrumenta reaching 70, up from just 40 in 2000.

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* Commission publishes IVD CTS technical requirements

The European Commission has finally published the new safety requirements for high-risk in vitro diagnostics, known as Common Technical Specifications.

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* Trade departments should play their part in WTO healthcare talks

AdvaMed, the US Advanced Medical Technology Association, has been asking officials from industry and trade groups throughout the world to take an active role in the forthcoming round of the World Trade Organization.

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* Navigating change:Bayer charts its course to the future

Bayer Diagnostics is hoisting its sail and battening down its hatches as it prepares to navigate the relentless tide of technological changes on the diagnostics front reveals Rolf Classon, the firm's general manager, in an interview with Neena Brizmohun.

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* Early study results back Orthovita's bone scaffold

Orthovita's VITOSS synthetic bone scaffold is effective in treating trauma and spine surgery and could reduce or eliminate risks associated with conventional techniques, according to a report in Orthopedics (May).

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* Fujirebio gains FDA nod for pancreatic cancer blood test

The US FDA has given the go-ahead for Fujirebio Diagnostics to sell what it claims is the first blood test designed specifically for monitoring pancreatic cancer patients.

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* NIH tests Celsion's heat-reactive liposomes in liver cancer

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to test whether targeted delivery of a cancer-killing drug using Celsion's temperature-sensitive liposomes can improve the treatment of liver cancer.

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* Study:LVAD improves long-term quality of life

Implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) can dramatically improve the quality of life for patients suffering from heart failure, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association (May 14).

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Credent and CardioTech strike technology deal

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AJZ Engineering to re-equip Russian cancer centre

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Device companies join the train out of Andersen

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S&N hears the digital OR call in US

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French analysts furious over government's refusal to honour fees increase

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German study condemns improper use of anti-decubitus mattresses

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