- David Mittleman | January 03, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Spectranetics, a medical device maker, has agreed to settle a dispute with the Justice Department for $5 million after allegedly illegally importing unapproved medical devices. Specifically, the...
- David Mittleman | September 29, 2009 2:58 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
The National Eye Institute has devised several amazing devices to essentially remedy blindness. In fact, the New York Times recently reported on an amazing device that consists of 67 electrodes...
- David Mittleman | July 17, 2009 2:50 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. or Estech recently settled a lawsuit for $1.4 million after the Food and Drug Administration accused the company of violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the...
- David Mittleman | July 11, 2009 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an investigation of arthroscopic shavers after receiving reports from several manufacturers of the shavers that human tissue remained in some of these...
- David Mittleman | May 21, 2009 3:42 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Vermont continues to lead the way in creating greater transparency in the flow of money from drug and device makers to doctors. Coming roughly a month after a report revealed that the drug and...
- David Mittleman | April 28, 2009 1:29 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
The move for public disclosure of gifts to doctors, medical schools, and hospitals from drug companies and medical device manufacturers is spreading across the country. The Institute of Medicine...
- David Mittleman | April 10, 2009 8:33 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested information on decades-old medical devices marketed by companies such as Medtronic. These devices, which range from wheelchairs to...
- Devon Glass | July 08, 2008 5:12 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
How
many of you remember George
W. Bush saying, while campaigning for the 2000 election, he was
going to usher in an era of personal responsibility? How many of you
believe personal...
- Devon Glass | May 23, 2008 3:26 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
The
FDA announced a joint effort with
Medicare to help monitor and
track dangerous prescription drugs and medical devices. This joint
effort is called the Sentinel Initiative, and it utilizes...