@FierceMedDev: Boston Scientific, Sorin team up on heart valve. Article | Follow @FierceMedDev
@MarkHFierce: The FDA approved the first Dx test designed to help diagnose ADHD in children and teens. EEG tech is a core element. Press release | Follow @MarkHFierce
@DamianFierce: No Synthes, no growth for JNJ's medical devices and diagnostics business. Report | Follow @DamianFierce
> Invacare ($IVC), working its way out from under an FDA consent decree, received the agency's blessing to resume designing wheelchairs and power beds at two facilities. Release
> Luminex ($LMNX) won FDA clearance and a CE mark for a new version of its xTAG CYP2D6 diagnostic kit, designed to determine how patients will respond to drug therapies. News
> Hologic ($HOLX) has launched 3-D breast biopsy technology for its Selenia mammography systems, an advance the company said will help doctors identify lesions missed by traditional imaging. More
> Diagnostics startup Adaptive Biotechnologies is seeking $20 million to advance its immunology assays. Report
> Bacterin ($BONE) has convinced the FDA to expand the indication for its OsteoSelect puddy, now cleared for use in spinal fusion procedures. Item
> GE Healthcare ($GE) won a CE mark for SenoClaire, a tomosynthesis-powered breast imaging technology. Story
> Researchers at Albuquerque's Mind Institute have used brain scans to link neural activity to the probability of criminal recidivism in inmates. Article
Biotech News
@FierceBiotech: ICYMI: Merck's positive Alzheimer's study spotlights BACE race. Article | Follow @FierceBiotech
@JohnCFierce: In pharma, incremental innovation lives on. Story | Follow @JohnCFierce
@RyanMFierce: A $30.6M financing for Ayasdi, BigData analytics and discovery for life sciences, energy and other industries. Release | Follow @RyanMFierce
> $350M batch of biotech IPOs to test investors' appetite for risk. Story
> Rumors of big Roche bid for Alexion cool as analysts weigh in. News
Pharma News
@FiercePharma: China's corruption watchdogs eye 4 more drugmakers as GSK manager confesses to bribery on TV. More | Follow @FiercePharma
@CarlyHFierce: NICE says no to Pfizer's Bosulif. Been pretty skeptical about new cancer drugs. Release | Follow @CarlyHFierce
> First Manhattan sues Vivus for 'illegally' delaying shareholder vote. News
> J&J drug sales leap 12%, with Zytiga, Stelara leading growth. Article
Biotech Research News
@EmilyMFierce: Obesity gene found to regulate hunger hormone. More | Follow @EmilyMFierce
> Researchers unveil largest database of cancer-related genetic variations. News
> Senate committee approves funding increase for NIH in FY 2014. Article
> Sorrento Therapeutics, Israeli university team up to fight hep C. Item
Pharma Manufacturing News
@EricPFierce: BTG said its Biocompatibles unit had received an FDA warning letter for its plant in Oxford, CT. Article | Follow @EricPFierce
> FDA lays out when plant inspection delays will lead to penalties. Report
> Roche to put $105M into training center. News
> Sanofi starts production on complex dengue vaccine. Article