Corporate Knights included Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceuticals as one of its 2017 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index. To earn the distinction, Corporate Knights measured Takeda’s performance on a 14-key performance indicator scale including categories like energy productivity, innovation capacity and safety performance.
Israel-based Check-Cap enrolled its first patient in a multi-center study as it works to earn a CE Mark for its C-Scan system. The C-Scan system uses ultra-low dose X-ray technology in an ingestible capsule to map the colon for polyps and abnormalities.
Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific; Austin, Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery; and Raynham, Mass.-based EndoEvolution are among key companies operating in the global automated suturing devices market. The increase of minimally invasive procedures is fueling market growth.
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