Guidant Ancure Adverse Event Reporting Is Focus Of DoJ/FDA Probe

Guidant's disclosure of a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice and FDA related to the Ancure abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular graft comes just one week after the firm highlighted Cook's Zenith AAA device as a key driver of the $3 bil. merger deal

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Commission Decision Launches Pediatric And Rare Disease Expert Group

 

A revised annex to the original decision also outlines expert remuneration limits and introduces further changes.

US CMS Sets Out Competitive Bidding Rental Model for CGMs; Abbott, Dexcom Could Face Impact

 
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CMS is proposing to classify all CGMs and insulin pumps as “items requiring frequent and substantial servicing” to expand device choice and access for Medicare beneficiaries. Under this framework, CMS also intends to move Class II devices, which include CGMs from Abbott and Dexcom and pumps from Tan

Dermal Fillers For Décolletage May Gain FDA Approval

 
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An upcoming US FDA advisory panel meeting will discuss adding a new indication to allow dermal fillers to be used in the upper chest, or décolletage. Plastic surgeons expect this could drive interest in the procedure, which is already performed off-label.