The ICD market is one of the fastest-growing segments of the medical devices industry.
When it comes to medical devices, the danger may be in what we don't know.
The bill would, on its face, repeal a controversial 2.3% excise tax on medical devices.
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"We're not trying to burden tanning salons, " said Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, FDA's director for medical devices.
Both are charged with managing the public's access to higher-cost drugs, medical devices and procedures.
Rubin is a mega-millionaire who made his money trading Chinese silks and medical devices.
The agency screens medical devices far more slowly than does its counterpart in the European Union.
Aetna offers discounts for gym equipment and medical devices that can be used at home.
Looming large are the taxes on businesses that manufacture medical devices, pills and provide health insurance.
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One amendment that had considerable support was the repeal of the tax on medical devices.
Both outfits make coronary stents, wire-mesh devices used to keep arteries open, and other medical devices.
The bulk of its business is in medical devices, biotechnology, pharmacology, banking and informational technology.
Security experts have noted that implantable medical devices, such as pacemakers, are vulnerable to attack.
Some investors fear health care reform and its new tax on medical devices will hurt Medtronic.
Imagine electronic medical devices, implanted to heal wounds and then dissipating inside the human body.
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The company has also been discussing linking medical devices in hospitals and doctors' surgeries.
Boston Scientific Corporation is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive medical devices.
For years, researchers have been exposing enormous vulnerabilities in internet-connected implanted medical devices.
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Congress should strip the FDA of its regulatory monopoly over pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
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Diagnostic sales were up 4.4 percent in the quarter while revenue from medical devices dropped 4.6 percent.
East sees ARM chips showing up in everything from heating systems and lighting systems to medical devices.
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Unlike the regulation of drugs or medical devices, radiation-emitting devices are not required to demonstrate medical utility.
The system does not cover food, pharmaceutical and medical devices, which are covered by other alert methods.
President Obama is pushing "comparative effectiveness" studies that could pit pricey medical devices against cheap generic pills.
And there was an exception to that for sales of food, medicine and medical devices to Iran.
And the tax means that medical devices will be more expensive, driving up health cost even further.
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Most VCs see decreases in clean technology investment, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals, so tune your expectations accordingly.
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Massive amounts of new data are also being generated by sensors, medical devices and other digitally connected machines.
In the abstract, just about everyone favors the rapid development and deployment of new pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
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In April 2010 RIM bought QNX Software Systems, a maker of operating systems for cars and medical devices.
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