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AngioDynamics to fight patent verdict, taps CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics said it would file a motion to overturn a verdict rendered against the firm yesterday in a patent infringement case involving Diomed of Andover, MA.
March 28, 2007
Tyco hit with lawsuit over gadolinium reaction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Cleveland man who claims he developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) from an injection of gadolinium MRI contrast has filed a lawsuit against Tyco International of Pembroke, Bermuda, and two of its subsidiaries, Tyco Healthcare Group and Mallinckrodt of Hazelwood, MO.
March 18, 2007
Zonare files counterclaim against SonoSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has filed a patent infringement counterclaim against SonoSite.
March 14, 2007
New House bill aims to halt DRA cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 is the target of new legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
March 4, 2007
SonoSite files patent suit against Zonare
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, reported that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Mountain View, CA-based Zonare Medical Systems in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division.
February 21, 2007
Advanced Magnetics, Cytogen settle suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Advanced Magnetics said it has settled a lawsuit with biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen of Princeton, NJ.
February 15, 2007
New CMS rules put the brakes on IDTFs
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
In a sweeping bid to cut Medicare fraud, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new rules scheduled to go into effect February 26 that raise the bar for sites applying to be designated as an independent diagnostic testing facility (IDTF). The new compliance standards, issued late last month as a change request, could dramatically change how IDTFs conduct their operations.
February 12, 2007
Siemens settles Cook County case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions reported that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois to settle allegations made in an indictment filed in January 2006.
February 8, 2007
BrainLab wins patent victory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab of Munich, Germany, reported that the U.S. District Court in Denver dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this month that was brought by interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis and that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the decision.
February 7, 2007
Illinois AG's lawsuit may chill equipment leasing deals
Legal and imaging industry experts agreed that a whistleblower lawsuit against several Chicago-area imaging centers could spur other states to investigate a business practice that is controversial, yet common, among radiologists and referring physicians.
January 23, 2007
CARE bill reintroduced in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After failing to pass the U.S. House of Representatives prior to the end of the last Congress, a bill designed to ensure credentialing of radiologic and radiation therapy technologists was reintroduced on January 19.
January 22, 2007
Illinois AG joins leasing suit against MRI centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Illinois attorney general has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against several imaging center companies in the Chicago area, charging them with paying kickbacks to referring doctors under cover of phony equipment leasing arrangements.
January 17, 2007
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