Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...By contrast, in western Europe, robotic-assisted surgery accounts for just 2 per cent of the total procedures performed each year, according to estimates from medical technology company Medtronic....
...The latest feature introduced by Withings today on its Body Cardio scale is Vascular Age....
...But transplants are limited by the supply of donor organs, and existing LVAD technologies marketed by Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic often lead to complications....
...But he did say that “intratracheal Medtronic units” would be delivered in New York later that night (again we don’t know how many)....
...(WSJ) Job moves Medtronic, the US medical device group, said its chief executive Omar Ishrak will step down in April and will be replaced by Geoff Martha, the head of its restorative therapies group....
...Medtronic rose 1.4 per cent....
...The World Health Organization’s call this week for governments to introduce a ban on the industrially-produced fats could save 500,000 lives a year globally from cardio-vascular disease....
...Spanish fashion chain Zara and Medtronic, the American medical equipment maker, were singled out for labelling Taiwan as a separate country over the weekend, according to statements from the cyber space...
...Medtronic’s total sales were $28.8bn in fiscal 2016, which ended last April....
...in its critical cardiac and vascular division....
...Bard specialises in gadgets for vascular treatments....
...At the same time, it has inspired other businesses such as Medtronic and Mylan to escape the US tax net by using so-called “inversion” deals to move their tax addresses overseas, drawing scorn from both...
...(FT, Stat) Medical devices Medtronic followed Abbott and Johnson & Johnson in shrinking operations to focus on niche products. The company is selling its medical supplies business to Cardinal Health....
...New York-listed Medtronic will buy the gynaecology division for $350m....
...Inc. ($59bn, 19 per cent)Amgen Inc. ($33bn, 13 per cent)Medtronic plc ($29bn, 18 per cent)Abbott Laboratories ($22bn, 19 per cent)General Electric ($104bn, 15 per cent)Eaton Corp. ($15bn, 8 per cent)Cisco...
...The device, made by Medtronic of the US, costs £3,000 and an additional £4,900 a year to operate....
...haemophilia board, local media raised doubts about the qualifications of for-profit hospitals and pharmaceutical companies in charge of Tieba forums to dispense advice on high blood pressure, liver disease, vascular...
...Over the same period, US companies such as health insurer Anthem, US Steel, Westinghouse Electric and medical device company Medtronic all suffered what are believed by US officials to be state-sponsored...
...J&J has faced fierce competition from Medtronic, the world’s largest standalone medical device maker, as well as Abbott Laboratories and a large number of smaller operators....
...In contrast, S&P 500 healthcare companies — including blue-chips such as Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Pfizer and UnitedHealth — trade at 16.75 times expected earnings over the next 12 months....
...Samsung Electronics last month announced an alliance with Medtronic to deliver real-time health data from medical devices — allowing doctors and patients to monitor symptoms and manage treatments remotely...
The activist fund is likely to take issue with the conglomerate structure
...can more effectively manage therapy, track symptoms and wirelessly monitor data received from Medtronic devices”....
...IBM is also working with Medtronic on a smart diabetes treatment system that would take readings from a patient’s glucose monitor and ensure their insulin pump dispenses the precise amount of drug required...
...Pfizer is the latest US group to take this path, following in the steps of Burger King, Liberty Global and Medtronic among others....
International Edition