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House and Senate members announced a bipartisan agreement on the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act earlier this week, including language to address the dry antibiotic research and development pipeline and bring new antibiotics to the U.S. market,…

TriReme Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for an expanded matrix of sizes for its Chocolate PTA balloon catheter, according to a news release.

Covidien has announced it has launched the V-Loc knotless suturing device, according to a news release.

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association has issued a statement on the new Government Accountability Office report titled "Medicare: Trends in Beneficiaries Served and Hospital Resources Used in Implantable Medical Device Procedures."

LensAR has announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for company's next-generation LensAR Laser System for use in anterior capsulotomy, with and without laser phacofragmentation during cataract surgery, according to a news release.

Regent Surgical Health, a leading ASC management and development company specializing in physician/hospital ASC joint ventures, recently hired Paul Eiseman as the vice president of business development to help manage its rapid growth.

Charles Tullius, MD, is a board certified anesthesiologist with Keystone Anesthesia Consultants in Washington, Pa.

Lee Memorial Health System's Outpatient Surgery Center opened in November 2011 in the middle of a unique market. While the market in Fort Myers, Fla., was saturated with physician-owned single specialty ASCs, Lee Memorial's center is 100 percent owned by…

The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free toolkit designed to help healthcare organizations boost environmental infection prevention.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers a free, downloadable checklist for the prevention of wrong-site surgery during eye procedures.