After identifying the Guanylate Cyclase C enzyme in the early 1990s, Scott Waldman, MD, and Adam Snook, MD, are set to take a vaccine that targets the enzyme to destroy metastatic tumors to a phase II trial in 2017.
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Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific completed its purchase of Alpharetta, Ga.-based EndoChoice for $210 million in cash, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.
The global surgical navigations systems market is expected to increase at a more than 7 percent compound annual growth rate through 2020, a Technavio report found.
Grey, Maine-based Enercon Technologies is expanding from its 35,000-square-foot headquarters to a new 69,000-square-foot facility, Worcester Business Journal reports.
The global surgical microscope market is projected to expand though 2022, a Research Beam report found, according to Whatech.
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