Endo Pharmaceuticals and American Medical Systems announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement. 

Medical device companies saw growth in 2010 despite a slow economy and pressure on pricing, and that growth should continue for the next few years, according to Kalorama Information.

On Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted 15 to 1 to recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require prior authorization before some physicians could order imaging studies.

Carestream Health has made available a PACS module that delivers embedded critical results notification.

BG Medicine and Boston Scientific have entered into a research agreement to evaluate the use of galectin-3 as a screening tool for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and will use data from the MADIT-CRT trial for their assessment.

Controlled Power has launched its new Model ES uninterruptible power system, which provides conditioned, continuous back-up power to critical applications.

Diversified Medical Equipment & Supplies (DMES) has launched a new Home Care Medical Supply division, with plans to service the state of California. The company has already begun servicing patients out of its Southern California office and is currently developing the Northern California location to be operational by April 1. 

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