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• European Spine Surgery Market to Reach $883 Million in 2008

• Tissue-Engineered Solutions for Heart Disease

• GE Acquires Thales Ultrasound Probes

• "Father of CPR” Dies at 79

• Research Collaboration on Therapy for Bone Diseases

• Siemens Acquires MRC's Radiation Therapy Business

• GE May Sell Spacelabs to Meet Concerns of European Regulators

• Volcano Therapeutics Acquires Jomed Businesses

• International Technidyne to Acquire Blood Analysis System

• Roche to Acquire Igen for $1.26 Billion

• US Surgical Acquires Rights to Minimally Invasive Approaches

• BTG Acquires Novel Plaque Diagnostic

• Merged Businesses to Provide Cryotherapy and Brachytherapy

• Baxter Divests Dialysis Businesses

• CalbaTech Seeks Majority Stake in Qicc

• Lab Corp and Atherotech Form Marketing Alliance

• GE and Cytogen Form Marketing Alliance

• Partnership to Improve Prostate Cancer Imaging

• Device Maker to Pay $92.4 Million for Hiding Problems

• Alliance to Improve Anesthesia Monitoring

• Abbott to Acquire Spinal Concepts for $170 Million

• Global Partnership to Battle Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

• Abbott to Acquire Jomed's Vascular Line