March 25, 2009 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc.

March 24, 2009 - Abbott said today it initiated the next phase of the ABSORB clinical trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the company's fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting coronary stent.

March 24, 2009 - W. L. Gore & Associates today said it received FDA approval to market a 31 mm diameter version of the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis.

March 24, 2009 - Ardian Inc said yesterday Medtronic Inc. has led a $47 million financing of the company to develop a new catheter-based medical device to treat hypertension.

Joining Medtronic are Ardian's three existing investors Advanced Technology Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and Split Rock Partners, as well as new investor Emergent Medical Partners.

March 24, 2009 - INFINITT North America announced today it will launch the INFINITT Cardiology PACS, a complete image management solution for the cardiology enterprise that provides image management software and image acquisition, storage, display and Web distribution devices.

March 23, 2009 – CardiacAssist Inc. yesterday introduced a longer cannula set to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to be used with its TandemHeart cardiac-assist device, the TandemHeart Transseptal Cannula Set—Enhanced Flow 72” (THTC-EF 72).

March 24, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan has awarded GE Healthcare with the 2009 Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award in Medical Imaging.

The award is based upon Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the medical imaging market segment, which recognizes the growth path that GE embarked upon following its acquisition of Dynamic Imaging (DI) in October 2007.

March 24, 2009 - Efficacy and safety study results for Corthera's investigational drug relaxin for the treatment of acute heart failure (AHF) will be presented Sunday, March 29, during the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 58th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando, FL.

March 24, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan has awarded Philips Healthcare with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award for its Brilliance iCT 256 slice and iCT SP 128 slice computed tomography (CT) systems.

March 24, 2009 - The Society of Chest Pain Centers’ new Acute Heart Failure Center Accreditation program is aimed at helping healthcare facilities improve patient outcomes and reduce costs through the use of process improvement methods to optimize best practices.

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