Artificial heart made in state wins OK from FDA after saving Mesa ...
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ARIZONA-MADE HEART: An experimental artificial heart that saved a Mesa teen&#39;s life won Food and Drug Administration approval Monday, making the technology available to others throughout the country.
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Seventy-nine percent of patients who received the Tucson-developed CardioWest Total Artificial Heart lived long enough to receive a heart transplant, according to a study in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine.
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A Massachusetts company received federal approval Tuesday to sell up to 4,000 artificial hearts a year, though the number of devices implanted annually will likely be far smaller.
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The Pittsburg-based generic drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration has approved its metoprolol tartrate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, which will compete with the Loppressor HCT tablets made by the Switzerland-based Novartis.
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Federal regulators approved use of an artificial heart yesterday, marking the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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Medtronic Inc., a maker of implantable medical devices, said Monday that it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its InSync Sentry implantable defibrillator system.
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A second-line drug to treat a life-threatening form of leukemia has won federal approval, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.
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WASHINGTON The government has given its approval to a temporary artificial heart. It&#39;s one that would be used for patients at risk of dying within 30 days while waiting for a heart transplant.
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The first implantable treatment to  prevent sleep apnea has received approval from U.S. regulators,  the company that developed the procedure said Tuesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead last week for the Philips HeartStart, an automated external defibrillator (AED), to be sold over the counter without a prescription.
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LITTLE ROCK A boy has left Arkansas Children&#39;s Hospital as the first youth to successfully receive a heart transplant with a newly developed mini heart pump.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  approved over-the-counter sales for an at-home heart  defibrillator that proponents hope will save more people from  sudden cardiac death.
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The Supreme Court handed a victory  to Medtronic Inc  on Wednesday, ruling that patients  cannot sue medical-device manufacturers in state court over  harm from a device that has approval from federal regulators.
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An implantable lens to correct the vision of nearsighted people won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved FOSRENOL(R) (lanthanum carbonate), a new non-calcium, non-aluminium phosphate binder that reduces high serum phosphate levels in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's  request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a  prescription.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting an advance in tissue engineering techniques that has helped them move a step closer toward a living replacement heart valve for children.