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Philips, Zoll Battle Escalates As Zoll Files Patent Countersuit

Philips Electronics has been countersued by Zoll Medical over the same defibrillator technology. Philips sued Zoll last month, accusing the latter of violating 15 patents for the AED Plus and AED Pro defibrillators. In response, Zoll sued Philips, accusing it of violating five patents for Zoll’s HeartStart MRx, HeartStart XL and HeartStart AED devices. Both suits involve external defibrillators, which have become major businesses for both companies. (Click here for more)

“Zoll Counters Philips Lawsuit With A Patent-Infringement Case Of Its Own” – Mass Device (7/14/10)

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GE, Siemens, Philips Eye India’s Fast-Growing Devices Market

GE Healthcare is looking to capitalize on India’s $3 billion medical-device market growing at the rate of more than 10 percent a year. GE is part of a venture with Wipro of India aiming at what a PriceWaterhouseCoopers official called a market for “first-world technology at third-world prices,” making India a training ground for marketing in Africa and Latin America. He said that same market was attracting other device makers such as Siemens and Philips who, along with GE, plan to adopt a local-for-local strategy in India. (Click here for more)

“In India, For India: Medical Device Makers Plug In” – Reuters (7/4/10)

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Siemens, Philips, GE, Other Radiation Device Makers Agree To Safeguards

Siemens, Philips, GE Healthcare and other major makers of radiation-emitting devices for treating cancer agreed to guard against excessive doses. The makers agreed to add elements to prevent the devices from operating unsafely, phasing in the safeguards over the next two years. Focused-beam machines are to work only when positioning accessories are in place, and other gear would require programmed treatment plans supplied by a physician or medical physicist before they can operate. (Click here for more)

“Radiation Device Makers To Add Safety Checks” – Reuters (6/9/10)

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Philips Healthcare Foresees $67 Million Investment In Imaging Center

Philips Healthcare could invest as much a $67 million in a research-and-development center in Cleveland on medical-imaging devices. Philips committed $33.5 million for a first-phase investment in the center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, but said that amount could double if the project moves on to a second phase. In addition to testing new imaging technologies, the center is intended to develop and test new agents and imaging technologies. (Click here for more)

“Philips Healthcare Investing $33 Million In Cleveland R&D Center” – MedCity News (6/3/10)

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Boston Sci, Siemens, Philips Collaborate To Merge Ultrasound, X-Ray

Boston Scientific reports its iLab ultrasound imaging system has been made compatible with the X-ray products of rival companies. Boston Sci, Siemens Medical Solutions and Philips Healthcare collaborated to test the intravascular ultrasound device with the two X-ray systems. Siemens offered its Axiom Artis and Artis zee and Philips its Allura Xper interventional X-ray systems used in catherization and radiology. Boston Scientific said the collaboration would allow its ultrasound system to work with most such X-ray systems. (Click here for more)

“Boston Scientific Moves To Make Ultrasound Device More Compatible” – MassDevice (5/24/10)

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Siemens, Philips, GE Invited To Meeting On Radiation Safety

Siemens, Philips Medical and GE Healthcare are among 93 companies that received letters from the FDA requesting they attend a workshop about excess radiation from their products. The firms make devices that deliver radiation to cancer patients. The FDA said it has received nearly 1,200 complaints in the past 10 years about unsafe radiation levels. The agency previously raised concerns about radiation used in diagnostic imaging equipment. (Click here for more)

“FDA Turns Attention To Radiation Therapy Devices” – Reuters (4/8/10)

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Siemens, Philips, GE Could Face Loss Of Third-Party Review Option

Siemens, Philips Electronics, General Electric and other makers of imaging devices may face an FDA clampdown on use of outsourced reviews of certain studies. The agency has allowed outsourced-reviews of new devices considered similar to others already on the market, such as X-ray and MRI machines, believing the move saved taxpayer dollars. But the FDA now not only questions the savings, it questions the quality of many of the reviews made by the third parties. (Click here for more – a subscription may be required)

“Third-Party Reviews Of Devices Come Under Scrutiny At The FDA” – Wall Street Journal (3/15/10)

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Siemens, Philips, GE Lead Rush To Supply Devices In China Health Reform

Siemens, Philips Electronics and GE Healthcare expect to reap major shares of the new market for medical devices in China as the nation moves into a $125 billion, three-year plan to improve health care. The three device makers see a 13.5 percent annual growth in the Chinese market for medical devices, thanks to an emphasis on building new hospitals in the rural areas. The hospitals need medical equipment and global device makers seek to supply them. GE Healthcare has 600 engineers working in China, while Siemens and Philips rely on their Chinese labs to develop inexpensive imaging equipment for hospitals and clinics. (Click here for more)

“The Ka-Ching In China Luring Medical Giants” – Business Week (3/4/10)

Medical device manufacturers facing many challenges: from the rising clout of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) to payment bundling and physicians' growing allegiance with hospitals in product price negotiations. Get all the answers now in new Medtech Insight's new 24-page Special Report: Medical Device Landscape: How regulatory changes and cost control measures are reshaping the industry. Available for purchase now!

Philips British Arm Lobbies For NHS Approval Of Remote Monitor

The British medical arm of Philips is lobbying the United Kingdom’s National Health Service to cover its long-distance monitor. The company argues its device capable of monitoring chronically ill patients in their homes, saving the NHS much of the cost of institutional care. The diagnostics device connects to the Internet to reach local hospitals and clinics and relay information about blood pressure and other data. The technology is being promoted as a way to save the NHS millions of dollars. (Click here for more)

“Philips Tests ‘Big Brother’ Health Checks” – London Times (1/4/10)

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Siemens, Philips, Toshiba, GE Low-Dose CT Scans To Benefit From Study

Siemens, Philips, Toshiba and GE Healthcare could get a boost from a new study that estimated nearly 15,000 Americans given CT scans in 2007 would die as a result. Another 29,000 would suffer cancers because of the diagnostic tests with CT scans discovered to emit more radiation that previously believed, the study said. Siemens, Philips, Toshiba and GE are developing low-dose CT scanners that could replace the current CT scans. Meanwhile, researchers suggest tests be given only when necessary and that doses be reduced and standardized. (Click here for more)

“Radiation From CT Scans May Raise Cancer Risks” – Reuters (12/14/09)

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