Market & Industry Briefs
Executive Summary
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover transcatheter valve news announced at ACC, Covidien's brain aneurysm device, NMT Medical closing shop, J&J's move to acquire Synthes and VisualSonics in vivo imaging technology for cancer.
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Market & Industry Briefs, November 2012
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover China’s switch to a centralized billing system, St. Jude Medical’s RESPECT PFO closure trial, FDA’s approval of HeartWare’s LVAD, and end-of-the-year medtech M&A.
Neurointerventional Market Shows Strong Growth Potential
The neurointerventional device market is one of the most dynamic areas in the field of neurology. Over the next four years, US neurointerventional procedures are expected to grow at a rate of nearly 18% compounded annually, reaching more than 197,000 procedures by 2015. The market information in this article was compiled from Medtech Insight’s new report "US Markets for Neurosurgical and Neurointerventional Surgical Products," #A590, published March 2011.
Market & Industry Briefs
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover recent device M&A, Medtronic and Nile Therapeutics' collaboration in heart failure, Neoprobe and Naviscan PET Systems' deal in cancer detection, and Qiagen and Epigenomics AG's collaboration in a blood test for colorectal cancer.