J&J’s entry into the kidney stone management market will not threaten Boston Scientific’s leadership position in that market in the near-term, according to Wells Fargo analyst Larry Biegelsen.

The California court struck down fines levied for communications between sales reps and doctors, but said the bulk of the penalty was justified.

The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference includes presentations from major medtech companies describing their experience in 2021 and expectations for 2022 as they continue to cope with the impact of the Omicron surge. Here are some of the highlights from the presentations on the fourth day of the meeting.

Heading into the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference, pharmas have been focusing on discovery alliances. J&J’s deals look into novel tissue-targeted drugs, ionic liquid delivery technology and cancer vaccine R&D. Lilly teams with Entos on novel methods for delivering neurology drugs.