Press Releases

Cordis Corporation today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the S.M.A.R.T.® CONTROL® Vascular Stent Systems for use in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and/or the proximal popliteal artery (PPA). The...

A study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that body mass index (BMI)—the most commonly used weight-for-height formula for estimating fatness—may not be the best measure for estimating disease risk, and  particularly...

LipoScience, Inc., an in vitro diagnostic company committed to advancing patient care in cardiovascular, metabolic and other diseases, today presented key findings related to lipoprotein particles (LDL-P) and cardiovascular disease at the Annual Meeting of the American Heart...

A Red Lion, Pennsylvania woman stricken with fungal meningitis filed a lawsuit last Friday in federal court against New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), its sister company Ameridose LLC and its sales arm Medical Sales Management, seeking to hold...

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced that the company’s EnligHTN™ renal denervation system provided a safe, effective and sustained reduction in office and ambulatory blood pressure measurements at six months. The new data...

Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie’s industry partnership activities and Harmonic Pharma, which is developing solutions for extending the therapeutic application of compounds already on the market, announce today that they have entered into a research...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today confirmed terms of an agreement with plaintiffs to resolve Plubell v. Merck, an economic class action lawsuit pending in Missouri state court. The...