December 2007

Philips to Buy Respironics for $5.2 Billion

Wright Receives Subpoena From DOJ

C.R. Bard to Buy Stent From Edwards Lifesciences for $140M

Exactech to Acquire Altiva Corp.

Abbott Labs Plant to Close With Loss of 500 Jobs

Judge Upholds Patent Verdict Against Medtronic

Bruker BioSciences to Acquire Bruker BioSpin for $914M

Significant Job Cuts Expected for Abbott

Supreme Court to Hear Medtronic Case

J&J Sues Abbott for Fourth Time Over Stents

Fresenius Medical Care Acquires Renal Solutions, Inc.

November 2007

Greatbatch to Acquire Precimed, Strengthening Hold in Orthopedic Market

Defibrillator Lead Concerns Hit St. Jude

InaVein Acquires Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Business

Boston Scientific Raises Settlement Payout to $240M

FDA Announces Steps to Improve Advisory Committees

Boston Scientific and Consultant Settle a Lawsuit

J&J to Reorganize Units, Management

Micrus to Sell Assets to Merit Medical

Synthes to Acquire N Spine

DePuy Spine to Acquire Vertebral Compression Fracture Assets From Disc-O-Tech

Covidien Acquires Scandius Biomedical

Shareholder Sues Medtronic Over Statements on Defibrillator Leads

Thoratec Receives FDA Warning Letter, Plans Recalls

Genzyme grabs diagnostics unit of Canadian firm

Boston Scientific Sells More Units for $750M

Bausch & Lomb to Lay Off 110 Workers in Ireland

Arrow Gets Final Warning From FDA

Orthopedic Companies' Payments to Doctors Disclosed

October 2007

Inverness Buys Alere for $302M

AngioDynamics Gets Boost in Patent Suit

Greatbatch Acquires IntelliSensing LLC

Wright Medical Acquires Foot and Ankle Implant

NxStage and Arbios Systems Sign Manufacturing Deal

Medicare May Not Restrict Payments for Drug-Coated Stents

Patients Sue Medtronic Over Defective Lead Wires

FDA Sends Warning Letter to Teleflex

Heavy Job Cuts Seen at Boston Scientific

Medtronic Pulls Defibrillator Wires Off the Market

Biomet Says Part of Informal SEC Probe

GE Healthcare Acquires Dynamic Imaging, LLC

J&J Sues Hologic Over Tumor-Detection System Patents

Natus Medical to Acquire Excel-Tech

Boston Scientific Liquidates Cyberonics Stake

St. Jude to Expand Organizational Structure

Teleflex Medical Completes $2B Acquisition of Arrow International

Cardinal Kicks Off $50M Expansion

ev3 and FoxHollow Technologies Complete Merger

Respironics Acquires Apollo Light Systems, Inc.

3M Layoffs Set for MO Plant

Medtronic to Appeal Jury Verdict

September 2007

Orthopedic Firms Settle Kickback Probe

FDA Targets Baxter Pumps for Recall

Congress Passes Bill to Reauthorize MDUFMA

Cardica and Cook Expand Development Agreement

Advisory Firms Recommend Bausch Shareholders Approve AMO Sale

Arrow Recommends Shareholders Approve Teleflex Acquisition

Medtronic May Halt Physio-Control Development Over Cooling Market

Angiotech, Johnson & Johnson Unit Settle Litigation

Inverness Medical Closes Cholestech Acquisition

3M to Acquire Abzil Industria e Comerci

St. Jude Shares Rise on Speculation of a Buyout

DJO Being Sued Over Proposed Sale to ReAble Therapeutics

Boston Scientific Receives FDA Warning Over Stent-Graft System Problems

Senators Seek Public Listing of Payments to Doctors

Abbott, Medtronic Fortunes to Rise on Heart Stents

Judge Scales Back J&J Suit Over Guidant Deal

Flextronics Acquires Avail

August 2007

Symmetry Buys Specialty Surgical

Zimmer Makes $50M Bid for Orthosoft

Cyberonics to Cut 12% of Its Staff

Lack of Replacement for Abbott COO Affects Exec. Structuring

Hawkins Takes Over Medtronic, Inherits Frustrations

Smith & Nephew Recalls Certain Birmingham Hips

Boston Scientific May Sell Surgery Businesses

Lawmakers Ask How J&J's Heart Stent Was Handled by FDA

Medtronic Pays $11 Million for Biophan Patents

Boston Scientific to Sell Device Maker It Bought in '04

Baxter Expands Pump Infusion Recall

Judge Backs Abbott Over Medinol in Stent Suit

Boston Scientific Nixes Plan to Sell Endosurgery Group, But Will Cut Jobs, Sell Assets

NuMed Fined $4.5M Over Unapproved Medical Devices

House Bill Targets Imaging Payments To Help Fund Children's Insurance

Rival Withdraws Bid for Bausch & Lomb Inc.

July 2007

J&J to Cut 4% of Its Workforce

Medtronic to Acquire Kyphon for $3.9B, Expanding Spinal Business

Siemens to Acquire Dade Behring for $7B

Boston Scientific Plans Job Cuts

EV3 Merges With FoxHollow Technologies

Alcon to Strengthen Refractive Business With WaveLight Purchase

DJO Has 50 Days to Seek Better Bid Than ReAble's

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Medtronic

Boston Scientific to Pay $195M to Settle Guidant Suit

AMO Investor Opposes Bausch & Lomb Bid

GE, Abbott Nix Proposed $8B Deal

Biomet in Talks to Resolve DOJ Probe

CardioTech to Sell Unit for $6M

AMO Bids $75/Share for Bausch & Lomb, Trumping Warburg Pincus' Offer

Diomed Favored by Court in Patent Case

Shelhigh Enters Consent Order With FDA

Covidien Debuts as It Spins Off From Tyco

Mentor Buys Perouse Plastie for $56.5M

June 2007

Boston Scientific to Buy Remon Medical

Hologic To Buy BioLucent For $70 Million, 2 Year Earn Out

Hanger Orthopedic Buys Paris O&P

Cardinal Health Completes Initial Tender Offer for VIASYS Healthcare

Greatbatch Closes $96.5M Enpath Buyout

Inverness Medical Buys Florida Firm

Cordis Corporation Resolves Corporate Warning Letter

J.&J. Says It Is Cleared to Offer New Products

Wright Medical Group Announces Plans to Close Toulon, France Facility

Pair of New Patent Lawsuits Filed in Fight for Stent Market Share

Qiagen and Digene Announce $1.6 Billion Merger

Biomet Agrees to Increased $11.4 Billion Buyout Offer

Greatbatch Acquires Majority of Enpath

Datascope Closes Artema Acquisition

Dialysis-Machine Maker to Acquire Medisystems

Cholestech Corp. Sold for $326 Million

Medtronic Cutting Up to 500 Jobs Due to Faltering Defibrillator Sales

Flextronics to Buy Solectron for $3.6 Billion

Digene Sold to Dutch Biotech

Cardinal Health to Settle Securities Lawsuit for $600 Million

Arrow International Fires CEO

May 2007

Quest to Complete AmeriPath acquisition

Shadow is Cast Over Buyout of Biomet

Boston Scientific May Trim Assets to Cut Debt

Greatbatch Going Into Expansion Phase

Federal Judge Lets Stand Patent Verdict Against AngioDynamics

Bausch & Lomb Eyes A Bidding War

Deal Creates Health Giant

Bausch & Lomb Accepts $4.5 Billion Takeover Bid

Beckman Coulter Ends Biosite Bidding War

Buffett's Berkshire Increases Stakes in J&J, Sanofi

Biomet Names Daniel P. Florin CFO

Smith & Nephew Acquires BlueSky

Cardinal Health to Acquire VIASYS Healthcare for $1.5 Billion

Inverness Sweetens Offer for Biosite

Senate Panel Approves User Fee Bill Based on FDA Deal With Industry Groups

Boston Scientific Faces 1,430 Guidant-Related Lawsuits

FDA Asks for Medical Device Recall; Shelhigh Rejected Agency's Prior Request

Smith & Nephew Unveils Margin Improvement Plan; CEO to Retire

New Chief Executive Takes Reins at Cyberonics

Boston Scientific Names Leno as CFO

Zimmer Holdings Names New CEO, CFO

April 2007

Greatbatch Inks Deal to Acquire Enpath Medical for $102 Million

Cardinal Sets Aside $600 Million for Lawsuit Resolution

ResMed Recalls 300,000 Sleep Apnea Devices

EU OKs GE Purchase fo Abbott Labs Unit

Medtronic to Buy Breakaway Imaging

FDA Raids Union Maker of Medical Devices Over Safety Risks

Wright Medical Continues Shopping Spree

FDA Lifts a Boston Scientific Alert, Clears Way for New Product

Medical Device Firms to Pay More

Quest Buying AmeriPath for $1.23 Billion

Medtronic Bundles Vascular, Cardiac Surgery Units

Synergetics USA, Iridex Settle Lawsuits

Agilent Technologies Buying Stratagene

Symmetry Medical Buys TNCO

Biomet Plans to Restate Annual Report

Stent Maker Commits $40 Million to Post-Op Kits

March 2007

AngioDynamics Falls After Weak Quarter

Stryker Opens Global R&D Centre for Medical Technology in Gurgao

Smith & Nephew Issues Nationwide Recall of RF Denervation Probes Used for the Spine

MicroTest Labs Strikes Two Deals

Medtronic Enters Bone Pact with OsteoGenix

NxStage to Begin Manufacturing in Mexico

Varian Medical Systems Receives 510(k) Clearance for Brachytherapy Set

FDA Approves New St. Jude Cardiac Rhythm Management Device

Tyco unit recalls isotope generator

Medtronic Gets New FDA Infuse OK

3M Starts New Unit to Make Tests for Infectious Diseases

Boston Scientific Considers Stock Sale of Endoscopy Business

Hospital Equipment Unaffected by Cell Phone Use, Study Finds

BSD Medical Receives Warning Letter From FDA

Stent Makers to Provide Info to Lawmakers

China Medical Buys DNA Testing Businesses

FDA Panel Rejects Medtronic Heart Monitor Device

Siemens Branch to Cut Oncology Care Systems Jobs

February 2007

Medtronic Shuffles Top Executive Positions

Baxter Gets FDA Okay for Colleague Pump

Cytyc Buys Contraceptive Product Maker

Biomet Pegs Binder as CEO

Sonic Innovations Sells Its Loss-making Unit

St. Jude Catheter Gets FDA Nod

Medtronic’s Third-quarter Revenues Rise Despite ICD drop

Edwards Lifesciences Gets FDA Warning Letter

NEJM Releases Studies on Stents

Payment Disclosures Shouldnt Hurt J&J

Cyberonics Regains Nasdaq Compliance

Possis' Shareholder Lawsuit Dismissed

CMS Issues Preliminary Decision Against Paying for Depression Device

China Medical Buys FISH Technology

Conor Shareholders OK $1.4B J&J Buyout

January 2007

Boston Scientific Gets New PolarCath OK

Board Control Changes at Cyberonics

FDA Finds No Fault with Medtronic Heart Device

Medtronic Looking to Beef Up With Acquisitions

J&J Revenues Rise Despite Cypher’s Sales Drop

Icahn Backs Dissident Group's Cyberonics Nominees

GE Buys Two of Abbott's Diagnostics Units

Medtronic Halts Facility Shipments

Advanced Medical Optics Buys Wavefront

Cardica Recalls 55 C-Port Devices

St. Jude Okayed on Heart-rhythm Devices

Brokerage Says Essilor May Buy Cooper Companies

ArthroCare to Pay Settlement, Expects Q4 Sales of $69.7M

Another Insurer Shuns NeuroMetrix's Tech

Advanced Medical Optics Buying IntraLase

JNJ-Conor Deal Cleared by FTC

Boston Scientific Laying Off Up to 600

Boston Scientific Buys EndoTex

Wright Medical Chairman Sells Shares

US Appeals Court Vacates Finding on Ventana Patent

BodyMedia Pegs Sanchez as CEO