The mega-retailer has been quietly growing its selection of private-label and Amazon-exclusive brands, recently adding Fast Beauty Co., which targets affordable, fast-acting masks to consumers on the go.

New clinical data with the potential to change clinical practice will be presented at the 2018 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session and Expo in Orlando, Fla., Mar. 10-12. Among the planned late-breaking trials and featured research presentations is a study of Zoll's LifeVest wearable external cardioverter-defibrillator following a heart attack; new results from a trial of Abbott's Amplatzer PFO-closure device, and long-term data on Abbott's HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device.

This edition of Medtech Insight's Device Debuts covers the innovative devices introduced into commercial markets since mid-May, including Medtronic's long-awaited launch of the MiniMed 670G Hybrid Closed Loop insulin pump system, OrbusNeich's entry into the US coronary dilation catheter market, and Shockwave's Lithoplasty system for treating calcified peripheral arteries.

Starts & Stops is a regular feature highlighting Medtech Insight editors' picks of noteworthy medtech clinical trial initiations, completions and suspensions each month. This month's edition includes seven trial-terminations – not as many as last month, but more than usual – for a variety of reasons, including Boston Scientific's suspension of all its trials of the Lotus transcatheter aortic valve due to a manufacturing problem.