Many large and growing diseases, such as diabetes, cause vessel damage calling for replacement vascular grafts. The European market for prosthetic vascular grafts is today a $343 million industry and growing, according to "The European Prosthetic Vascular Grafts Market," a report just issued y Medtech Insight.

DexCom's is a bellwether IPO: if it holds its value, it could open the door for other pre-commercial device businesses. If it doesn't, it could keep it shut-as it's been since the class of 1995-96 device companies disappointed investors by missing their commercial targets.

DexCom's is a bellwether IPO: if it holds its value, it could open the door for other pre-commercial device businesses. If it doesn't, it could keep it shut-as it's been since the class of 1995-96 device companies disappointed investors by missing their commercial targets.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, a company that has grabbed the new paradigm of convergence by both horns, has amassed intellectual property on drugs and acquired a broad array of biomaterials. Now, to access innovative medical devices, it has embarked upon a new partnering model, and the agreement that it just signed with CABG Medical is only the first example of its new style of dealmaking.