At Long Last, Spectranetics Turns a Corner
Executive Summary
After 17 straight years of losses, Spectranetics turned its first profit last year. Company officials believe they can sustain profitability going forward.
You may also be interested in...
Spectranetics Delivers on Laser's Promise
After a bright promise in the early 1980s, cardiac lasers fell out of favor due to high complication rates and equivocal clinical results. Laser pioneer Spectranetics faced those problems and more, causing the company to languish in the 1990s. Now its back, with a new marketing partner, US Surgical, in a hot new area, TMR, and a strategy that allows the company to spread its risk.
MoCRA’s Adulteration Ambiguity And FDA’s New Cosmetic Recall Authority: Attorney Weighs In
The US FDA should use guidance or rulemaking to clarify MoCRA provisions related to adulteration, Amin Wasserman Gurnani attorney Angela Diesch suggested at the Independent Beauty Association’s Cosmetics Convergence Spring Symposium. Attendees also sought her take on whether the agency’s new recall authority is likely to spell an increase in cosmetic product recalls.
Medtronic Launches Remote Live-Stream Surgery, New AI Capabilities
Medtronic will launch a new feature that allows for live streaming of surgical procedures in more than 20 countries and the addition of 14 AI-driven algorithms to enhance surgical workflow.