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FDA approves CNS Therapeutics drug to treat movement disorder

Drug companies are rare in medical-device crazed Minnesota. Even more rare is a startup that can win approval from the Food and Drug Administration, given the cost and regulatory hurdles of pushing drugs to market, these days. So it’s heartening to see the FDA approval of Gablofen (who thinks of these names anyway?), a movement […]

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Michael DeMane out as CEO of Lanx Inc. Was he ever really in?

Well, that was quick. In a bizarre twist, Lanx Inc., an orthopedics startup in Colorado, said that former Medtronic chief operating officer Michael DeMane is no longer its CEO and chairman, less than a month after naming him to those positions. “Michael DeMane has declined to assume the role of chairman and chief executive officer […]

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AxioMed Spine Corp. earns coveted CE Marking to sell disc replacement in Europe

AxioMed Spine Corp. said Tuesday it has received Europe's CE Marking -- much like Food and Drug Administration market clearance in the United States -- to introduce its disc replacement for the lower spine to the 27 countries that belong to the European Union. It's the first market clearance for Freedom -- one of a small group of next-generation spinal disc replacements designed to function more like the natural spine.