More than half of surveyed individuals believe the FDA should maintain approval of devices or approve new devices that may harm some patients but still help others, according to results from the NEHI Innovation Barometer.
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Symmetry Medical reported a 39 percent loss in net income over the first quarter of 2012.
Royal DSM, a global life sciences and materials sciences company, has acquired biomedical company Kensey Nash for $360 million.
Smith & Nephew reported $1 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year.
Wright Medical Group reported a 6 percent decrease in first quarter net sales to $126.7 million, driven by previously announced distributor transitions and challenges associated with the company's compliance processes.
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Exactech reported net income of $3.3 million during the first quarter of 2012, a slight increase over the same period in 2011.
VG Innovations has received a United States patent for the VerteLoc technology.
Stryker has co-founded a coalition of 17 healthcare suppliers with Practice Greenhealth to promote environmentally-friendly preferable healthcare products.
Surgical device company Misonix has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Neuro Dynamics for distribution of the company's SonaStar Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator and the BoneScalpel Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.
DJO Global reported net sales of $278.9 million and net loss of $29 million during the first quarter of 2012.