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Hologic to delay US launch of 3D X-ray system

An image of a woman's breast, using Hologic's 3D mammography system, was displayed on a screen at Massachusetts General Hospital. An image of a woman's breast, using Hologic's 3D mammography system, was displayed on a screen at Massachusetts General Hospital. (David L. Ryan/ Globe Staff/ File 2008)
By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / May 6, 2009

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Investors dumped shares of Hologic Inc. yesterday after the Bedford medical device company said it would delay the US launch of a three-dimensional mammography system considered key to Hologic's business, after federal regulators signaled they were not ready to approve the product. (Full article: 428 words)

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