The Department of Justice may soon be busy with allegations of pandemic-related fraud and abuse, attorneys predicted in a recent conference presentation.

Linnea Burman, the general manager of enabling technologies for cranial and spinal technologies at Medtronic, talked to Medtech Insight about plans for the Mazor spinal robotic system, the incoming new president of the division, and other new developments.

Device company Medicrea, which was recently acquired by Medtronic, is paying $2m to resolve allegations the company violated both the False Claims Act and the Open Payments Program.

In a crowded field of companies marketing web-based handheld devices that allow physicians to perform a myriad of functions, ePocrates Inc. is trying to differentiate itself by offering less than its competition. That is, its idea is to ease physicians into using web-enabled devices with a package of prescription drug information.