April 16, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. has announced it has resolved the deficiencies in the warning letter issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Guidant Corp. on Dec. 22, 2005, and that all associated restrictions have been removed. Boston Scientific acquired Guidant last year.

April 16, 2007 - SurModics Inc., a provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced the signing of an expanded corporate technology agreement with St. Jude Medical Inc.

April 16, 2007 - Endologix, Inc. has announced the first three successful implantations of the Powerlink endoluminal stent graft (ELG) incorporating the Visiflex SurePass Delivery System.

The Visiflex SurePass is the company's next-generation delivery device that allows physicians continued guide wire access to the contralateral limb of the unibody Powerlink ELG device.

April 16, 2007 — Novadaq Technologies Inc., a developer of real-time medical imaging systems and image guided therapies for the operating room, has announced today that CMS Fiscal 2008 Rules include a new ICD-9-CM Procedure Code for Intra-operative Fluorescence Vascular Angiography, which can be performed using SPY Imaging Systems.

April 16, 2007 — LegalView.com has added a database of up-to-date information about FDA-approved drugs, which includes practice areas on unsafe drugs, recall information for medications such as Zelnorm, Procrit and Pergolide, and informative articles and blogs on medical devices like the Composix hernia mesh patch and Guidant defibrillators.

Agfa HealthCare announces today it has successfully completed the release and implementation of the HeartStation ECG Management system at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center (Brockton, MA, USA). HeartStation ECG Management system is a comprehensive data management solution that automates the processing and storage of electrocardiograms (ECGs). HeartStation provides the hospital’s physicians, technicians, and clinical staff with timely access to secure ECG exams and reports from any point on the enterprise network.

April 13, 2007 — Cytokinetics Inc. announced yesterday the initiation of Phase II clinical trials program evaluating CK-1827452, a novel cardiac myosin activator for the potential treatment of patients with either acutely decompensated or chronic heart failure.

April 13, 2007 — Research from Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University, Dr. Alice Lichtenstein of Tufts University, and the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan confirms findings of the FDA health claim for soy protein and heart disease. Soy protein was shown to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood from 3-14 percent, depending on the starting point for blood cholesterol and the current diet and drug routine of individuals.

April 13, 2007 — Vascular Solutions Inc. announced yesterday that it has completed the U.S. conversion to its groundbreaking new Vari-Lase Bright Tip laser fiber technology for performing endovenous laser therapy.

April 12, 2007 — Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have invented a new imaging technology that may hold the key to not only stopping heart attacks in their tracks but also preventing them from occurring, ANI reported.

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