Market & Industry Briefs

Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover FDA panels' thumbs-down rulings on Styker's OP1-Putty and Therox's SuperSaturated Oxygen Therapy System, a potential curb on payments for negative pressure wound therapy pumps, CMS' review of carotid stenting coverage, and Abbott Vascular move into the second phase of its ABSORB trial for its drug-eluting stent.