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EndoSphere attracts $3.1M to fuel anti-obesity device launch
EndoSphere has nailed down $3.1 million in an as-yet unfinished Series B round. Plans call for using the cash to launch the company's Satisphere implantable anti-obesity device and fund subsequent post-marketing studies.
Allergan subpoenaed over Lap-Band obesity device
Allergan ($AGN) has been slapped with a subpoena from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the company's Lap-Band obesity treatment device.
Obesity startup Obalon pulls in $1.5M
Obesity treatment device startup Obalon Therapeutics has raised $1.5 million to continue ongoing work.
Consumer Reports blasts implant safety
Consumer Reports is taking aim at implants today, maintaining that many of them, including gastric Lap-Bands and transvaginal meshes, have never been tested for safety.
FDA panel supports broader Lap-Band use
The FDA Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee recommended that the FDA broaden the currently approved use of Allergan's Lap-Band System--a gastric band
