MedTech News

• MedTech Association Adds Six New Board Members, 11/12/2019
• MedTech Brings Spotlight to Syracuse, 11/12/2019
• Support CNY jobs. Repeal the medical device tax, once and for all., 11/7/2019
• MedTech2019 Achievement Award Winners, 10/23/2019
• Repeal of the Medical Device Excise Tax, 10/14/2019
• Nominate a Bio/Med All-Star!, 9/9/2019
• MedTech Brings IDEAS Summit to Regeneron, 5/29/2019
• Community Care Award, 5/17/2019
• MedTech Adds New Industry Leaders to Board of Directors, 3/28/2019
• The New York Tech Power 50 , 2/10/2019

Member News

• Higginbotham Hires Brian Toglia to Direct Life Science Practice, 1/21/2020
• Medtronic wins 2020 Catalyst Award, 1/16/2020
• Medtronic wins CE Mark for next-gen InterStim products, 1/13/2020
• J&J to acquire remaining stake in Verb Surgical, 12/20/2019
• Medtronic wins FDA clearance for brain surgery guidance system, 12/18/2019
• Upstate Medical incubator helps steer biotech breakthroughs to market, 12/17/2019
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Buffalo, 12/5/2019
• 2020 Best Places to Work in Medical Sales, 12/4/2019
• Thermo Fisher opens $90M viral vector manufacturing plant in Massachusetts, 12/4/2019
• Jack Rudnick on leadership: Show compassion, build trust, ask questions to accelerate innovation, 12/3/2019
• Circuit Clinical™ Selected as a 43North Winner in the 2019 Competition, 11/26/2019
• Lumedica Vision Ranked Third Most Fundable Company in America, 11/20/2019
• New hub will bring magic of Imagine RIT to campus every day, 11/18/2019
• InfoPros and Novatek Communications Announce Merger, 11/11/2019
• Circuit Clinical: A new vision, a new technology—“Yelp for clinical trials”, 10/25/2019
• Biomedical startup gets $500K from WNY Impact Investment Fund, 10/10/2019
• How Johnson & Johnson wants to drive innovation through diversity, 10/7/2019
• AngioDynamics Acquires Eximo Medical, Ltd. and its Innovative 355nm Laser Atherectomy Technology, 10/3/2019
• Ahead of National Manufacturing Day, FuzeHub Celebrates New York’s Top Millennials in Manufacturing , 10/2/2019
• Buffalo startup Circuit Clinical named finalist in 43North startup competition, 10/1/2019
• Regeneron Manages Clinical Costs In A Fast-Growing Organization, 10/1/2019
• Regeneron Debuts on Prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index of Most Sustainable Companies, 9/17/2019
• The rise of the integrated research organization: A conversation with the CEOs driving clinical research as a care option, 9/11/2019
• AngioDynamics inks purchasing agreement with Premier Inc., 9/9/2019
• Here’s how Omar Ishrak transformed Medtronic into the world’s largest medtech operation, 8/28/2019
• CDPHP diabetes program uses self-injecting insulin pump, 8/26/2019
• Efferent Labs Announces Move to Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 8/23/2019
• Patient Experience Comes to Drug Development, 8/8/2019
• Ortho Achieves Distinguished No. 1 Ranking for Service in Diagnostics Industry, 8/6/2019
• Upstate announces winners of 2019 Medical Device Innovation Challenge, 8/1/2019
• Circuit Clinical™ Adds Clinical Trials Digital Innovation Thought Leader Craig Lipset to its Board of Directors, 7/30/2019
• Buffalo-based startup Circuit Clinical joins JLABS @ NYC incubator, 7/28/2019
• Medical Devices: 6 Crucial Steps when Transitioning from Prototype to Production, 7/23/2019
• Medtronic inks deal for Viz.ai’s stroke tech, 7/22/2019
• Hillrom deals surgical consumables biz to Audax for $170m, 7/10/2019
• Researcher discusses brain health and warding off dementia, 6/28/2019
• JumpStart Projects with New York State Small Businesses, 6/27/2019
• FDA Approves Dupixent® (dupilumab) for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis, 6/26/2019
• Medtronic put up $316m for Epix Therapeutics, 6/24/2019
• Medtronic hints at upcoming surgical robot, 6/11/2019
• 7 Hidden Elements of Medical Device Product Development, 6/7/2019
• U. of R., local company earn grant for 'biomarker' project, 6/3/2019
• Hill-Rom rebrands as Hillrom, 5/28/2019
• UB launches Innovation Hub, a new initiative in downtown Buffalo to boost the startup economy, 5/28/2019
• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Partners with Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, 5/22/2019
• GRYT Health Announces Formation of Advisory Board, 5/16/2019
• Circuit Clinical™ adds Big Data / AI capabilities in Precision Medicine partnership with CUBRC, 5/13/2019
• iuvo Participates in Rochester Day of Caring Spring Clean Up, 5/13/2019
• Medtronic to acquire Titan Spine, 5/10/2019
• Dupixent® (Dupilumab) Approved for Severe Asthma by European Commission, 5/7/2019
• Quadrant Biosciences Recognized as New York Technology Business of the Year, 5/7/2019
• Medtronic inks deal to distribute Alpha Omega’s neurosurgical nav tool, 4/22/2019
• The Luminate wager, 4/11/2019
• Tapecon Evolving Through Innovation for 100 Years, 4/2/2019
• AngioDynamics Receives FDA Approval to Initiate NanoKnife® DIRECT Clinical Study for the Treatment of Stage III Pancreatic Cancer, 4/1/2019
• In landmark university agreement, Circuit Clinical adds personalized medicine capabilities through UB’s genomics & biorepository program, 4/1/2019
• Ortho 'Brings New Tech to World of Medical Diagnostics', 3/29/2019
• AdventHealth is the first in Florida to use state-of-the-art robotic technology for spinal procedures, 3/26/2019
• Johnson & Johnson touts drug-releasing lens studies for itchy eyes, 3/26/2019
• New Facility Announcement, 3/25/2019
• Why You Should Work with a Contract Manufacturing Company that Offers IP Protections, 3/13/2019
• Business incubator in Rochester spawning innovation, 3/5/2019
• iuvo Staff Co-authors Paper on Pig-a Gene Mutation by Flow Cytometry, 3/4/2019
• Medtronic wins FDA’s breakthrough status for closed-loop insulin system, 2/19/2019
• CONMED Completes Acquisition of Buffalo Filter LLC, 2/11/2019
• The New York Tech Power 50, 2/10/2019
• Robert Yates Named Next Chairman and CEO of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, 1/28/2019
• Next Generation: Gregg Gellman, COO of StimMed and innovator, 1/27/2019
• Regeneron CEO named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, 1/23/2019
• Cancer survivor Dave Fuehrer on leadership: Questions are the new answers, 1/22/2019
• 37 Exciting Healthcare Startups to Watch out for in 2019, 1/2/2019

Industry News

• At #JPM20, two CEOs, two radically different therapies, and a fight to chase down sickle cell, 1/17/2020
• 5 tips to raise funding for your medical device, 1/16/2020
• Governor Cuomo Announces $3.4 Million Awarded as Part of New York's Historic Workforce Development Initiative, 1/16/2020
• Lilly expands half-price insulin offerings, 1/15/2020
• Report: Theranos case overburdening the FDA, 1/14/2020
• FDA and NIH let clinical trial sponsors keep results secret and break the law, 1/13/2020
• NY marijuana: What to know about Cuomo’s 2020 plan to legalize pot, study cannabis, 1/8/2020
• US cancer death rate sees largest-ever single-year drop, report says, 1/8/2020
• 5 FDA approval decisions to watch in the 1st quarter, 1/2/2020
• FDA publishes final list of 510(k)-exempt devices, 12/30/2019
• Trump signs permanent repeal of medical device tax opposed by Welch Allyn, 12/29/2019
• The 10 greatest medtech advances of the 2010s, 12/20/2019
• Medical device excise tax would reduce R&D spending, report says, 12/9/2019
• New law regulates CBD in New York, leaves status in food uncertain, 12/9/2019
• 6 Tips for a Successful Transition to the EU MDR, 12/3/2019
• Do You Trust Jeff Bezos With Your Life? Tech Giants Like Amazon Are Getting Into The Health Care Business, 12/3/2019
• Overcoming Challenges in Cannabis Compliance, 12/3/2019
• How GE Healthcare is investing in medtech innovation, 12/2/2019
• Why medical device companies should explore cloud-based product design tools, 12/2/2019
• Certain medical devices may have four more years to conform with EU MDR, 11/27/2019
• Applications are now open for the MedTech Innovator 2020 program, 11/25/2019
• FDA moves to reduce ethylene oxide use, 11/25/2019
• Gov. Cuomo announces $12.5 million to expand the Syracuse Tech Garden for drones, 11/12/2019
• CEO Gregg Gellman at MedTech 2019, 11/1/2019
• Tech giant Microsoft to open ‘smart cities’ hub in Syracuse, 3rd in nation, 10/30/2019
• Land purchase advances Thinking Robot Studios plan for Buffalo, 10/29/2019
• The top 10 medical disruptors of 2020, 10/23/2019
• Framework for the Safety and Performance Based Pathway, 9/19/2019
• Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy as $10-$12 Billion Opioid Settlement Moves Forward, 9/16/2019
• Apple announces medical studies using new Research app, 9/12/2019
• FDA Analysis Of The Top Drug GMP Inspection Citations In FY2018, 9/4/2019
• U.S. asks E.U. to delay MDR/IVDR by 3 years, 8/5/2019
• These 7 trends matter the most for medtech in 2019, 8/2/2019
• Trump Administration Finalizes Policies to Advance Rural Health and Medical Innovation, 8/2/2019
• How Software is Eating Care Delivery in Healthcare, 7/31/2019
• Boston Scientific, Mayo Clinic opening an accelerator, 7/29/2019
• The way forward for upstate businesses, 7/24/2019
• Trump reveals plan to overhaul kidney disease care, 7/11/2019
• These medical devices are exempt from the Trump tariffs on China, 7/10/2019
• How UV light fights germs on mobile devices in healthcare, 6/28/2019
• 4 ways medical device manufacturers can reduce product liability risks, 6/27/2019
• How automation can boost medical device success, 6/21/2019
• Consumer mobile health technology, 6/20/2019
• Sanofi aligns itself with Google to streamline drug development, 6/18/2019
• Artificial intelligence and medical devices: Why you need to care, 6/14/2019
• Top 20 Medical Device Companies Based on 2018 Revenue, 6/6/2019
• How to avoid your medical device being hacked, 5/13/2019
• New York Times calls for tightened medical device regulation from FDA, 5/6/2019
• Preparing for EU-MDR Product Submissions: A Sustainable Approach, 4/30/2019
• IoT-Enabled Medical Devices Are Powering the New Healthcare Economy, 4/28/2019
• Development Advice for Gene Therapy Products, 4/22/2019
• Amazon’s Alexa is now HIPAA compliant, 4/16/2019
• House Bill Targets Looming $20 Billion Tax On MedTech Industry , 4/10/2019
• The Urgent Need for Extreme Collaboration in Health Care, 4/9/2019
• FDA wants public input on AI-enabled device regulation, 4/2/2019
• This Toilet Seat Could Detect Congestive Heart Failure, 3/21/2019
• Why AI will make healthcare personal, 3/14/2019
• Physician Executive Will Lead Value-Based Care Initiatives at Roswell Park, 3/13/2019
• Hill-Rom to acquire Voalte for $195m, 3/12/2019
• 7 women in medtech you should know, 3/8/2019
• Report: FDA hiding millions of adverse event reports from docs, public, 3/7/2019
• Senate Moves to Stop $20 Billion Tax Increase on MedTech Industry, 3/7/2019
• Could this old-school manufacturing technology enable better catheter designs?, 3/5/2019
• Ex-Optum VP defeats injunction bid in non-compete suit, moves to arbitration, 2/25/2019
• Medtech outsourcer innovations you need to know, 2/22/2019
• In Healthcare, Better Data Demands Better Privacy Protections, 2/12/2019
• The top 10 medical device states: Everything you need to know, 2/6/2019
• New Tech Tonics Episode: Jerry Harrison & Brian Smith – Making Beautiful Music Together with Healthcare Entrepreneurs, 2/4/2019
• Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare, 1/30/2019
• Study Says Ultraviolet Disinfection 97.7% Effective in Eliminating Pathogens in Hospital Settings, 1/17/2019
• Health in 2040: 10 archetypes that could define the future of health, 1/15/2019
• How AI is Transforming the Way Doctors Treat Patients, 1/14/2019
• What does the U.S. shutdown mean for drug, device firms?, 1/8/2019
• If disruption of the health care system is inevitable, will stakeholders work together?, 1/4/2019
• Bristol-Myers to Buy Celgene in $74 Billion Bet on Cancer Drugs, 1/3/2019