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Medical device companies put $3.6 billion in docs’ pockets, study finds
Medtech companies paid $3.62 billion for access to physicians — 10% more than drug companies did — from 2014 to 2017, according to new research. Device company payments to surgical specialists were significantly more tied to the surgeons’ Medicare billing than payments from drug companies to specialists, according to the study, which appears in the…
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Medical device companies put $3.6 billion in docs’ pockets, study finds
Medtech companies paid $3.62 billion for access to physicians — 10% more than drug companies did — from 2014 to 2017, according to new research. Device company payments to surgical specialists were significantly more tied to the surgeons’ Medicare billing than payments from drug companies to specialists, according to the study, which appears in the…
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FDA slaps Class I label on rapid infuser recall
The FDA today declared that the recall of an emergency infusion device kit is the most serious type. The recall covers three models of disposable sets made by Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical for its ThermaCor 1200 rapid infuser, which is used for fluid or bolus delivery. The system is made of a footswitch for hands-free fluid control,…
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Resonetics to expand manufacturing in Costa Rica
Resonetics announced today it has leased new manufacturing space in Costa Rica to more than double its production there. The space, in a building near its current site in the Coyol Free Zone business park in Alajuela, will be expanded and reconfigured to create a 45,000 ft² production site. The move comes after the company…