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Full article reprinted from PharmAsia News - July 7, 2008 TOKYO - Seeing little growth prospect in Japan's rapidly aging population, leading medical device maker Terumo Corp. will boost its catheter production at plants in Maryland, Belgium, Vietnam and Japan as part of its new mid-term business plan, a company spokesman said July 4.

Full article reprinted from "The Gray Sheet" - June 9, 2008 Medtronic is allocating an increasing share of R&D resources to its high-growth neuromodulation and diabetes care segments, at the expense of its larger but slower-growing cardiac rhythm disease management and cardiovascular care businesses.

"Singed by the Blogsphere," Academic Doctors Give Up Conflicts o... Health Care Renewal Tue, 04/15/2008 - 15:23 Everyone now and then we get to comment on good news. In the New York Times today, Gina Kolata's article was entitled, "Citing Ethics, Some Doctors are Rejecting Industry Pay." The main

Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay NYT > Business Mon, 04/14/2008 - 20:21 The decisions of a small group of scientists to stop accepting payment from food, drug and medical device companies repudiate decades of industry influence.

Appendix Removed Through Vagina: U.S. First ScienceDaily Sun, 03/30/2008 - 07:00 On March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix through a patient's vagina, a first in the United States. The patient reported only minor discomfort.

On the Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma blog, Dr Howard Brody expanded his focus a bit to include medical device companies. He posted about the ongoing investigations of orthopedic surgeons' financial relationships to the manufacturers of prosthetic joints. read more