Issue Contents: August 1, 2008

• The BB&T interview: Don Gerhardt Industry Association CEO
  
• Emerging: Interest grows in the least-invasive approaches taken by interventional oncology practitioners
  
• BB&T at the World Biomaterials Congress: New developments broadening reach of biomaterials makers
  
• Minimally, non-invasive technology detects diseases of GI tract
  
• Wide range of device approaches seen at Biomed Israel event
  
• Weight loss is taking a back seat clinically to diabetes resolution
  
• International report: IT competitors link to meet UK changes
  
• Acquisitions
  
• Business developments: Buoyed by solid data, Xience DES wins OK
  
• Agreements
  
• Market & technology updates: Eye diseases could find new hope via use of microneedles
  
• Product briefs: GPS-like device sees deep into lung areas
  

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