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FDA approves Abbott's Xience stent
Tribune staff reporterThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration this afternoon approved Abbott Laboratories' Xience stent, a device that will be used to help prop open coronary arteries after balloon angioplasty procedures. The device will compete in a U.S. market projected to...Tags: Sales, Health Organizations, Abbott Laboratories, Medical Staff
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FDA backs Abbott stent
Chicago Tribune reporterWhile U.S. approval of Abbott Laboratories' drug-coated heart stent is a boost to the North Chicago medical giant, the product enters a market that is shrinking as doctors rethink the role of artery-clearing devices in the prevention of heart attacks...Tags: Medicine, Health and Safety at School, Rush University, Heart Disease, Colleges and Universities
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Bovie Medical signs agreement for blood loss equipment
james.bernstein@newsday.comBovie Medical Corp., a manufacturer of electrosurgical products, said Thursday it has signed an agreement with the giant Boston Scientific Corp. to acquire equipment intended to lower blood loss. Melville-based Bovie did not announce terms of the deal....Tags: Cancer, Diseases
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Abbott Laboratories' Xience stent outperforms rival, study says
Abbott Laboratories' drug-coated Xience heart stent worked almost twice as well as the top-seller, Boston Scientific Corp.'s Taxus, scientists found. The research, reported Tuesday at the EuroPCR conference in Barcelona, boosted Abbott by 3.1 percent...Tags: Medtronic Incorporated, Medicine, Health and Safety at School, New York Stock Exchange, Abbott Laboratories
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Doctors want devices tailored for children
Associated PressIt took a metal plate improperly lodged in a young boy's skull to make Dr. David Staffenberg realize just how dangerous adult-sized devices can be in children. The plate was implanted to help stabilize the boy's skull but ended up resting on his brain....Tags: Death and Dying, Government, Pediatrics, Medtronic Incorporated, Medicine
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Abbott's net income surges
Tribune reportersAbbott Laboratories, once again benefiting from growth of its Humira rheumatoid arthritis drug and its AIDS pill Kaletra, said Wednesday that net earnings climbed 34.5 percent in the latest quarter on a 13.8 percent upturn in sales. The comparison is...Tags: Illnesses, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Mental Illness
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Week ahead
Monday •Earnings: Arch Coal Inc.; Bank of America Corp.; Boston Scientific Corp.; Eli Lilly & Co.; Halliburton Co.; Hanesbrands Inc.; Mattel Inc.; Merck & Co.; Nabors Industries Ltd.; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc. Tuesday &#...Tags: Michigan, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Tellabs Incorporated, Coca-Cola Enterprises Incorporated, Earnings
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Drug giants to reveal grants for education
Bloomberg NewsBloomberg News Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and six other makers of drugs and medical devices said they plan to disclose payments to doctors' organizations and other groups for continuing medical education. The companies described their...Tags: Medtronic Incorporated, Amgen Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Further Education, Abbott Laboratories
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Forbes magazine list of 400 richest Americans
The 400 richest Americans, including U.S. citizens now living abroad, as compiled by Forbes magazine. Following each name is the person's age, net worth, hometown and source of wealth. Where more than one name is listed under a number, there is a tie....Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Hillsboro Beach, Pet Supplies, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Western Refining Incorporated
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Eaton Corp.; Mattel Inc.; Novellus Systems Inc.; Sensient Technologies Corp. Tuesday: -- June producer price index -- June industrial production -- Earnings: AMB Property Corp.; Coca-Cola Co.; CSX Corp.; Forest Laboratories Inc.;...Tags: Prices, Southwest Airlines Company, Earnings, Comerica Incorporated, Eaton Corporation
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