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3. Security: should medical device software be open source?
GNOME’s executive director fights for the right to inspect the source code running her Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) EnTrust cardioverter. Karen Sadler, the woman in charge of open source-software company GNOME has been battling with the med-tech giant since she first recieved the implant in 2008.
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2. Sony joins the med-tech market
Sony Corp. made its first venture into the medical device space with the acquisition of diagnostics device maker Micronics Inc.
1. BSX gets a Wall Street upgrade
Analysts at JP Morgan Chase & Co. raised their rating on med-tech goliath Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) from "underweight" to "neutral." Researchers took a dimmer view on BSX rival Abbott (NYSE:ABT), downgrading its shares from "overweight" to "neutral."
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