@FierceMedDev: Japan's Olympus (makes med equipment/cameras) may be very close to getting a huge investment from Sony. WSJ reports. More | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: The U.S.'s othopedic soft tissue device market should grow to $2 billion by 2016, Millennium Research Group believes. More | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: Torax Medical snagged $30M in VC funding to market its anti-acid reflux device. Story | Follow @DamianFierce
> Imaging3, a maker of 3D medical diagnostic imaging devices, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. News
> Healthsense, a startup developing wireless remote monitoring devices for seniors, pulled in a $7 million Series D round. Report
> Given Imaging ($GIVN) will pursue Japanese regulatory approval for its PillCam Colon 2, a video capsule that patients swallow in order to capture endoscopic images. Release
> As the medical device world prepares for January's 2.3% excise tax on U.S. sales, many companies are scrambling to figure out how the charge will affect their products. Item
> Illumina ($ILMN) is buying the U.K.'s BlueGnome, maker of in vitro diagnostics, for an undisclosed sum. More
> IntelliRad Control is developing a device to reduce the amount of radiation patients are exposed to in diagnostic procedures, and the company raised $5.3 million venture financing. Article
> Thermo Fisher Scientific ($TMO) has opened an R&D center in Vilnius, Lithuania, looking to develop new diagnostic assays and expand its sales in Eastern Europe. Release
> Utah's Concept to Company is offering $45,000 to medical device entrepreneurs with fresh ideas through its medical innovation contest. Story
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: Craigslist.com fuels biotech's hunt for flu therapies. Story | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: The Fierce 15: An appetite for risk is healthy in drug development. Report | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: 10 pharma giants form nonprofit to gang up on common R&D foes. More | Follow @RyanMFierce
> Baxter and Onconova ink $500M-plus licensing pact for PhIII cancer drug. News
> After FDA blessings for diet drugs, spotlight shines on biotechs' pioneering obesity meds. More
> Wellington Partners rounds up $91M for new European life sciences fund. Article
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: Working Mother's Top 100 employers list includes 10 drugmakers. Discrimination lawsuits (for some) notwithstanding. More | Follow @FiercePharma
> Lundbeck to stop making cancer drug. Story
> Lawyers seek to force J&J chief onto the stand in Risperdal case. News
> Pfizer faces class action claiming Wyeth misled investors on Pristiq. More
Drug Delivery News
> Fast migraine treatment battles sickness, too. Story
> BDSI's addiction oral patch approaches the market. Article
> Origami DNA may take twist out of doxorubicin delivery. News
> Ultrasound gets drugs right under the skin. More
Biomarkers News
> Genetic biomarkers and the frets of the 'worried well'. More
> Gene mutations point to personalized therapy in lung cancer. Story
> Breath biomarkers could breathe life into lung cancer tests. Article
> BRCA mutations may pinpoint response to Abbott's veliparib. News