A medical device analyst warns of a significant drop in capital purchases like robotics and navigation systems as orthopedic practices grapple with major revenue loss this year. Any medical procedure that can be deffered until after the coronavirus pandemic is over will be. That means lower procedure volumes for hospitals Leggi tutto…
Robotics and M&A continued to define the orthopedics industry in 2018. Though 2018 featured no megamergers, the orthopedic industry wasn’t quiet. After investing heavily in Israeli robotic spine surgery firm Mazor Robotics, Medtronic bought the firm for $1.7 billion. Stryker nabbed complex spine company K2M for $1.4 billion to bolster Leggi tutto…
Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Stefano Pessina says the drugstore giant’s partnership with Microsoft will help create an “ecosystem” connecting its drugstores to patients, their insurers and local medical care providers in communities. In an interview Tuesday morning following the blockbuster announcement that Walgreens has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft, the Italian billionaire said Microsoft’s Leggi tutto…
While most of the world’s top 10 medtech companies are expected to defend their relative rankings in the coming years, ambitious or inspired M&A deals could give companies lower on the list the oomph to move up and reap billions in additional sales in new market segments. Take Becton Dickinson, Leggi tutto…
Yesterday, CNBC reported that Jeff Bezos, in an all-hands meeting earlier this month, said: “Amazon is not too big to fail…In fact, I predict one day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt. If you look at large companies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years.” He was responding to an employee Leggi tutto…
Across Nest, Google Fit, Google Brain, and more Google has hired Geisinger Health CEO David Feinberg to oversee its many health care initiatives, reporting to AI chief Jeff Dean and working closely with CEO Sundar Pichai to organize Google’s various health-related ventures. Google has been interested in health care for some time; Leggi tutto…
The Seattle tech giant has joined forces with brand consultancy business Arcadia Group to launch Choice, a brand of consumer-use medical devices. Amazon’s most recent move into healthcare involves medical devices. The Seattle tech giant has teamed up with brand consultancy business Arcadia Group to launch a brand of consumer-use medical devices for diabetes Leggi tutto…
Where should the line be drawn when deciding whether or not to adopt disruptive technologies? As digital health brings up plenty of ethical questions, legal issues, and safety concerns, The Medical Futurist Institute decided to collect the best examples of how governments worldwide tried to adopt digital health. We hope Leggi tutto…
Zimmer Biomet, DePuy , Synthes Companies, Stryker, Smith & Nephew, Exactech, ConforMis, Aesculap Implant Systems, Inc., Arthrex, Arthrosurface, Baumer, Corentec, Corin Group, ELITE SURGICAL, EVOLUTIS INDIA PVT LTD, EUROS SAS, GROUPE FH ORTHO, Lima Corporate, Medacta UK Limited, Marle Group, Microport Scientific Corpare the leading companies and brands that are Leggi tutto…
Amazon ordered 20,000 vans from Mercedes-Benz as part of a last-mile initiative announced in June, which will recruit entrepreneurs and small businesses to deliver packages for the e-commerce giant. Amazon originally anticipated it would order 4,500 vans. Since announcing the delivery program, Amazon has received 10,000 applicants to deliver packages, The Seattle Times Leggi tutto…