MINNEAPOLIS – March 14, 2011 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it is pledging a total of $1 million (U.S.) in direct grants, employee matching grants and product donations to support near- and long-term relief efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami. Direct grants will be made to organizations currently [...]
Offering Surgeons A New Plate Design To Treat The Cervical Spine MEMPHIS, TENN. – March 10, 2011 – Continuing its leadership in cervical spine medical device therapies, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced the U.S. launch of the ATLANTIS VISION® ELITE Anterior Cervical Plate System. The ATLANTIS VISION® ELITE Anterior Cervical Plate is a titanium [...]
BY SANDER DUNCAN, MARCH 11, 2011 Medtronic disclosed in its 10-Q on Wednesday that the FDA issued a non-approvable letter for Amplify, its new BMP-2 product. Last July, amid concerns of a higher incidence of cancer in patients treated with Amplify, an FDA advisory panel narrowly voted in favor of approving the product. In the [...]
MEMPHIS, TENN., February 9, 2011 — Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that the Pivot system offered by Globus Medical infringes two patents owned by Medtronic. “We are pleased by the Court’s ruling,” said Doug King, vice president and general manager of Medtronic’s Spine business. [...]
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Is it time to update your social media policy?
By Karen M. Cheung With the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) this week releasing new guidelines for physicians on this particular topic, FierceHealthcare is dedicating this week’s commentary to a round-up of the best practices to help hospitals draw on other policies to see what fits at their institutions.
How to maintain physician professionalism in social media
by MARK RYAN, MD Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. – Bertolt Brecht
The ethics of social media use for the medical profession
by Emily Lu At the end of the day, I do not see social media as an end to itself.
