Cook Medical's FDA-cleared Evolution Controlled Release Esophageal Stent System is a stent designed to improve the quality of life for patients with esophageal cancer.

ProHance is a macrocyclic, nonionic, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent designed for use in MRI in adults and children over two years of age to visualize lesions with abnormal vascularity in the brain (intracranial lesions), spine and associated tissues. ProHance is also indicated for use in MRI in adults to visualize lesions in the head and neck.

The FDA granted tentative approval for Covidien’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. Covidien’s tentatively approved product is a generic of Cardiolite, which is a myocardial perfusion imaging agent used for detecting coronary artery disease.