27-Sep-17 Livanova and MicroPort Scientific have announced that the companies’ Shanghai-based joint venture MicroPort Sorin Cardiac Rhythm Management obtained approval for its family of Rega pacemakers, from the China Food & Drug Administration. [image: Shine]

26-Sep-17 The Indian government has ordered knee implant makers and importers to continue to supply of all brands of the device they were marketing in India before the country's drug pricing regulator slashed prices by up to 69% in August. [image: ET Healthworld]

15-Sep-17 Indian stent makers are looking to capture a greater share of India’s coronary stent market, following the government slashing ceiling prices by 80% and excluding some multinational imports from the market. [image: ET Healthworld]

11-Sep-17 Boston Scientific has launched operations at its Penang (Malaysia) facilities, the medical device company's first Asian manufacturing site. The plant is designed to produce both cardiovascular and endoscopy products, with plans to expand into urology products in 2018. [image: Boston  Scientific]

30-Jun-17 Korea's exports of medical equipment grew 7.7 percent in 2016. The US was the biggest buyer, followed by China and Germany. Exports to the UAE and China increased 52 and 34 percent respectively. Ultrasound ranked top, followed by dental implants. [image: Business Korea]