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Investors bet diabetes tech immune to full brunt of COVID-19
Pure play diabetes device makers aren't clear yet on how economic uncertainty and the transition to telemedicine may affect new patient demand, but are outperforming the stock market by a long shot.
By Maria Rachal • May 19, 2020 -
FDA, CDC drawing up plan to restart routine facility inspections
A phased approach is in the works to reintroduce certain oversight that's been on hold both domestically and internationally since the coronavirus outbreak reached pandemic level in March.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 12, 2020 -
Roundup: Q1 medtech reports give glimpse into coronavirus-era gains and losses
Much of the sector may be considered recession-proof — but it's not social distancing-proof. The last weeks of March previewed the dramatic trajectory of drops in routine testing and a mounting backlog of elective procedures.
By Maria Rachal • May 07, 2020 -
Qiagen aims for 50-fold jump in coronavirus test reagent output
The company, in the midst of being acquired by Thermo Fisher, reached capacity in April to support 7 million real-time PCR tests to detect the virus, with a target of 20 million per month by year’s end.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 07, 2020 -
Baxter cites 'extraordinary' Q1 demand from customers fighting coronavirus
Revenues grew 6% to $2.8 billion thanks to growth across all six of the company's global business units and three geographic segments.
By Greg Slabodkin • April 30, 2020 -
Medtronic sees US business fall 60% amid pandemic response
The subset of devices suddenly seeing higher demand are mostly low-margin businesses, leading the medtech giant to brace investors for a hit to earnings during next month's quarterly report.
By Maria Rachal • April 22, 2020 -
ResMed to get biggest bang out of HHS ventilator contracts, analysts predict
Medtronic and Hillrom may see limited gains from their smaller deals, but ResMed’s contract could add a 2.7% bump to growth in the fourth quarter, Needham analysts noted.
By Nick Paul Taylor • April 21, 2020 -
GE, Ford get $336M HHS contract for 50K lower-cost ventilators
The latest deal works out to about $6,720 per ventilator. GE's roughly $64 million contract for 2,410 ventilators detailed earlier this week works out to a little more than $26,000 per device.
By Nick Paul Taylor • April 17, 2020 -
Philips launches scaled-down ventilator, inks production deals to boost output
The medtech has allied with smaller players Flex and Jabil with a goal of 4,000 units per week by the third quarter and is also rolling out an alternative to its full-featured critical care breathing devices amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By Nick Paul Taylor • April 15, 2020 -
GE, Medtronic, ResMed among 7 medtechs part of $1.4B in finalized HHS ventilator contracts
Building on more than $1.1 billion announced for GM and Philips last week, the latest batch of contracts are aimed at producing over 64,000 of the potentially life-saving devices for COVID-19 patients.
By Maria Rachal • April 14, 2020 -
The latest coronavirus shortage: hospital infusion pumps
A surge in COVID-19 cases is not only straining the supply of the devices that administer medications and fluids, but the potentially risky tubing that allows them to be situated in hallways to create distance from sick patients' rooms.
By Greg Slabodkin • April 14, 2020 -
"White House Press Briefing". Retrieved from The White House.
Industry cheers COVID-19 executive order to boost ventilator supply chain
While AdvaMed has pushed back on using the Defense Production Act, the move is meant to help domestic manufacturers by removing hurdles to accessing parts and materials needed to ramp up production of ventilators.
By Greg Slabodkin • April 03, 2020 -
"State Public Health Laboratory in Exton Tests for COVID-19" by Governor Tom Wolf is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Medtechs navigate new normal as FDA shifts priorities to coronavirus
Companies are working to get diagnostics, respiratory devices and PPE to market amid rapidly evolving guidance from FDA. The agency's coronavirus-era operations may also impact work for device makers in other parts of the sector.
By Maria Rachal • April 03, 2020 -
FDA outlines role for 3D printing in coronavirus response, with some caution
Additive manufacturing has emerged as a tool to help bolster availability of critical devices like ventilators and testing supplies, but the agency said 3D-printed personal protective equipment may not be as effective.
By Nick Paul Taylor • March 27, 2020 -
U.S. Centers for Disease Control. "CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) test kit". Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/testing.html.
How health systems are responding as COVID-19 squeezes the medical supply chain
Procurement of supplies will become more difficult if cases surge and federal stockpiles don't trickle down to the state level quickly enough.
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • March 25, 2020 -
Tracking the impact of coronavirus on the medtech industry
Among the latest: As COVID-19 test sales boom, Hologic thinks its revenues this quarter may be 60% higher than last year's.
By Nami Sumida • UPDATED: Sept. 11, 2020 at 10:15 a.m. -
US won't suspend China tariffs during coronavirus outbreak
The tariffs present a risk and additional cost to medical supply chains as the need for critical products grows urgent.
By Shefali Kapadia • March 19, 2020 -
Medtronic pledges '24/7' ventilator production to meet coronavirus demand
The company is aiming to more than double its manufacturing capacity as GE, Getinge, Philips and others outside of healthcare commit to boosting worldwide supply of the potentially lifesaving machines.
By Maria Rachal • March 19, 2020 -
FDA pulls plug on routine US inspections
The move to protect staff and acknowledge industry worries about outside visitors amid coronavirus comes a week after the agency said it would postpone nearly all overseas inspections through April.
By Nick Paul Taylor • March 19, 2020 -
Lessons from Hurricane Maria could aid Baxter's coronavirus operations
The aftermath of the 2017 storm led to serious manufacturing disruptions to Baxter's IV business and prompted it to strengthen its supply network, which CEO Joe Almeida said might be abating challenges with COVID-19 so far.
By Maria Rachal • March 18, 2020 -
Intuitive Surgical among 1st big medtechs to warn of costly pandemic disruptions
Delayed placements and procedures in China and Italy may not have a material impact on the robotic surgery giant, but similar trends in the U.S. and Europe, along with reduced capital spending by hospitals, present a greater threat.
By Maria Rachal • March 17, 2020 -
Coronavirus spread prompts FDA to postpone nearly all overseas inspections
The agency based the decision on U.S. government travel restrictions and advisories, saying "alternative tools and methods" will help maintain oversight.
By Jonathan Gardner • March 10, 2020 -
CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS. "covid-19 coronavirus on black background". Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/images.htm.
$8.3B in coronavirus funding set in motion as federal agencies ramp up response
The House and Senate passed a bill with allocations for medical supplies and testing as Vice President Mike Pence met with clinical lab execs Wednesday from LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher and others.
By Shannon Muchmore • UPDATED: March 5, 2020 at 4:08 p.m. -
AdvaMed, state AGs weigh in ahead of EPA sterilization rule
About a year after FDA told the medical device industry the closure of an Illinois ethylene oxide facility could disrupt supply chains, environmental regulators are considering changes that could affect sterilizers across the country.
By Maria Rachal • Feb. 14, 2020 -
Moody's: Coronavirus spread in US to have mixed credit effects across healthcare
Device makers — particularly Boston Scientific, BD and Abbott — will likely see a credit negative effect from supply chain disruption, even if the outbreak is contained to China.
By Shannon Muchmore • Feb. 13, 2020