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FDA panel to mull DTC changes

Brace yourselves: An FDA advisory committee meets today to hash over the possibility of putting a side-effects hotline number in every DTC television commercial. The meeting comes at a time when drug... Read more...

FDA panel: Approve Medtronic stent

Medtronic's new drug-coated stent may soon turn the Boston Scientific-Johnson & Johnson rivalry into a three-way battle for market share. The Minneapolis-based company got an FDA panel's... Read more...

Data backs use of J&J's Cypher stent

On the scales of stent safety, the evidence is piling up in favor of the previously discredited drug-coated models--Johnson & Johnson's Cypher in particular. On top of positive research... Read more...

Little common ground in stent controversy

Bad news first: Heart attack victims are more likely to die if they're fitted with a drug-coated stent than if they're given a bare one, according to an analysis of 2,300 patients in 14 countries,... Read more...

Tough times for stent market

The market for drug-delivering heart stents has been spiraling toward... Read more...