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FDA Seeks More Data Before Kips Bay Clinical Study

Regulators want more information from Kips Bay Medical before allowing the company to conduct a U.S. clinical trial for its medical device; the device is currently being sold in six countries and has been implanted in roughly 250 patients.

Unemployment Steady; MN Adds 5.8K Private-Sector Jobs

Minnesota's official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.2 percent in August-in part because a "smoothing out" of data understated the effect of 22,000 laid-off state workers who returned to the job following the state government shutdown. A state official told Twin Cities Business that the "unsmoothed" rate is 7 percent.

Proto Labs Helps Two Inventors Launch New Products

Proto Labs is offering discounted prototyping and short-run production services to two companies through its "Cool Idea!" program-one product comes from a local company that hopes to change how the life sciences industry stores tissue samples, the other from a Pennsylvania inventor who designed a sander that vacuums drywall dust.

U’s Job Fair a Bright Spot Amid Dim Hiring Outlook?

A recently released report indicates that the hiring outlook for Twin Cities employers may be dimming; meanwhile, the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering is reportedly hosting the largest career fair in its history on Tuesday.
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