Boston Scientific Corporation

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the Supreme...

May 16 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Cisco and Facebook, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Amazon.com Inc : Lazard starts with buy rating; price target $310 * EBay Inc...

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Inc., a New Haven-based antibiotic firm, on Tuesday appointed former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu to the company's board of directors. Before his years of public service, Sununu worked for a number of high-tech companies, including...

May 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Boeing and Groupon, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Boeing : SocGen raises to hold from sell; price target to $94 from $86 * Gap...

Last week, Dr. Nicholas Burke of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation implanted a stent into the coronary artery of a patient to help hold open a previously blocked blood vessel. Nothing super extraordinary there -- cardiologists have been using...

April 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Amazon, Wynn Resorts and Celgene, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Amazon.com Inc : JP Morgan, others cut price target on the...

Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended April 20, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended April 25, 9 a.m.; Natural gas inventories for week ended April 20, 9:30 a.m.; Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April, 10 a.m. Local earnings:...

April 25 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp on Thursday posted a first-quarter loss due to $578 million in restructuring, litigation and other charges. Excluding the one-time charges, it had a profit of 16 cents per share, up a penny...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. Heart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many...

Rebecca Frost got her first defibrillator in 2002, after she collapsed from cardiac arrest in the parking lot of a Walmart near Asheville, N.C. The battery-powered device, implanted in her chest, monitored the rhythm of her heart. Over the next year, it...

The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation into a string of 16 fatal overdoses tied to powerful narcotics prescribed by a prominent Orange County physician. Dr. Van Vu, a pain management specialist in Huntington Beach, was featured in...