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Report: China ramping up for global drug delivery tech battle
China is on the rise in the drug delivery technology sector and becoming an increasingly nimble competitor in the space, Lux Research asserts in a new report. And it's going global. Lux cites two
SurModics selling drug delivery unit to Evonik for $30M
Wounded from the loss of stent-coating business from Johnson & Johnson ( $JNJ ), SurModics ( $SRDX ) has decided to sell off its drug delivery unit. German chemical giant Evonik has agreed to gobble
Newer drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis by 38%, thrombosis by half
Newer is better when it comes to drug-eluting stents, according to a report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry. Newer models are associated with a 38% lower risk of
J&J drops Cypher drug-coated stents in more bad news for SurModics
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis has decided to stop making drug-coated stents by the end of the year, which is more bad news for Eden Prairie, MN-based drug-delivery company SurModics--the
New material for programmable drug-eluting stents
Chemical & Engineering News has reported on research out of North Carolina into a new class of bioabsorbable materials that can be precisely programmed to degrade by hydrolysis in hours, days,
Report: African-Americans appear more at risk from drug-coated stents
Scientists at Georgetown University have discovered some disturbing news for African-Americans. They are more likely than other groups to develop life-threatening clots after receiving a drug-coated
