Medical products maker expanding recall for catheter devices because manufacturing problem could cause potentially fatal embolisms or blood leakage.

Diabetes testing supplies maker Home Diagnostics said it has agreed to be acquired by Nipro Corp., a medical device maker from Japan, for $215 million.

Johnson & Johnson said Boston Scientific Corp. will pay the company $1.73 billion to settle two suits related to patents for stents.

FDA said Japan-based Nipro Medical Corp. has voluntarily recalled 2 million medical needles because of a risk they can push silicone into patients’ bodies.

Medical technology company will pay up to $500 million for Invatec, a company that makes medical devices to treat cardiovascular disease.

Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon business said Thursday it completed its $785 million purchase of Acclarent Inc., which makes devices used in sinus surgery.

Company that makes capsules for medicine and other ways to deliver liquid drugs is expanding its South Carolina plant and adding 50 jobs.

Maker of medical devices used for care of newborns said it will restructure its sales force and close a facility in Montreal after a recent acquisition, cutting 50 jobs to lower costs.

Germany-based Merz Pharma Group said Monday it will buy BioForm Medical Inc. of California for $253 million in cash, expanding its aesthetic medicine business.

Medical implant maker Symmetry Medical Inc. said Friday it will close a manufacturing plant in Maine as part of broader cost-saving efforts.