Life Sciences

Vascular Solutions Recalls Products Over Safety Risk

Some of the company’s products that are used in catheterization procedures have been recalled because of a potential for air leakage, which could lead to an obstructed artery and result in serious injury or death.

After Dispute with Former CEO, Techne Names New Leader


Longtime CEO Thomas Oland resigned in November and said he disagreed with the board’s decision to consider external candidates for his successor; now, the board has tapped an outsider as its next leader.

Medtronic Headquarters

Medtronic Profits Up; Shares Fall on Weak European Sales

Sales also declined in the cardiac rhythm disease management and spinal products businesses, two of the company’s largest and highest-margin segments.

Report: Boston Scientific Cut 500 MN Jobs in August

The recently released figure gives the first and only indication to date about how the Natick, Massachusetts-based company’s ongoing restructuring is affecting its local work force.

Plymouth Med Tech Startup Secures $6.1M From Abroad

The financing round, led by the Malaysian government, will help Mardil Medical complete the development of its first product and pursue regulatory approval in Europe, Asia, and Canada.

Urologix Names CEO, Stock Faces Delisting

Greg Fluet, who has served as interim CEO since November, takes the helm at a time when the company’s stock is struggling to meet Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirements.

Miinome

Miinome Wants to Help You Market Your DNA

Designs on your genes.

Boston Scientific Maple Grove

Boston Scientific Cutting Up to 1,000 More Jobs in 2013

Boston Scientific said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 44 percent—and that it will eliminate 900 to 1,000 positions this year in addition to previously announced cuts.

Vance Opperman

Decade of Discovery in Minnesota

The state is poised to become the place where diabetes is cured.

St. Jude Medical's Little Canada headquarters

St. Jude Receives Warning Letter from FDA


The company previously said it expected to receive such a letter from regulators following the inspection of a manufacturing facility in California.

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