U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulators last year said fillings that included mercury-based metals were safe. Now the FDA will hold public meetings to further probe the issue, focusing particularly on children and pregnant women.
Leveraged buyout company The Riverside Co. has purchased an Indiana-based maker of orthodontics equipment. Riverside has made 48 healthcare acquisitions since its founding in 1988, but the G&H deal marks its first foray into orthodontia.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN) is shopping around its Astra Tech business. The pharmaceutical giant said it’s begun a review of “strategic options” for its Swedish dental and medical device unit and hired JP Morgan Chase to help with the review. Various news outlets reported that AstraZeneca is looking for about $2 billion for the business, which […]
The Tooth Fairy would be impressed. BioMatRx Inc. is developing technology that uses stem cells to repair and regrow diseased teeth, especially in older patients. The startup, based in Edina, Minnesota, recently won the lifescience category in the annual Minnesota Cup and could win the entire competition next week.
GeoDigm Corp. has been raking in some serious cash. The company, based in Chanhassen, Minnesota, raised $75 million from the sale of equity and debt, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. GeoDigm netted $48.9 million from selling equity and $26.1 million from peddling debt, the documents say. Combined with the $40 million GeoDigm collected from investors last year, the company has raised a whopping $115 million in just under two years.
For children, and more than a few adults, the mere thought of the dentist might inspire apprehension or even outright dread. But for building owners these days, a dentist’s office never seemed so heavenly. Faced with stubbornly high vacancy rates and depressed commercial property values, developers and landlords are furiously courting dentists, offering generous leases […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Angeline M. Marano has left her position as chief operating officer for the MetroHealth System “to pursue other opportunities” less than a year after being appointed as the Cuyahoga County hospital system’s first COO in at least a decade. MetroHealth’s Department of Dentistry chair, Dr. Edward R. Hills, will serve as interim operating chief, said […]
Axenic's focuses on disposable dental devices and its products include the Axenic DHP, a high-speed disposable drill the company said cut the costs of cleanup and sterilization and gave patients piece of mind by knowing their drill was only used on them.
The grant is important for the school because of its significance and its size. The School of Dental Medicine has spent the last decade rebuilding its research program, and this grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research is the largest in the school's 117-year history, according to a press release from the school.
A shortage of dentists has gotten so bad in Maine that medical educators in the state are training doctors to pull teeth. Maine has trouble recruiting dentists because many young graduates don't want to work in rural areas.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.