When Euan Thomson landed in the corner office at radiosurgery device maker Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) in 2002, the company was just preparing to penetrate a very well-established market.
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Thoratec soars after killing it in Q3 | Earnings Roundup
Thoratec (NSDQ:THOR) shares are up more than 11% today after the heart pump maker put mid-double-digit profit growth numbers on the board for the 4th quarter and full-year 2011.
The Pleasanton, Calif.-based cardiac assist device maker logged profits of $15.3 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, on sales of $109.4 million for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, 2011. That’s a 46.4% bottom-line gain and a top-line boost of 12.1%, compared with profits of $10.5 million, or 17 cents diluted EPS, on sales of $97.6 million during Q4 2010.
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Accuray and Siemens amend ties amid tough times
Accuray to cut workforce by 5%
Accuray dives despite beating The Street as losses gape | Earnings Roundup
Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) shares are down today after the radiosurgery company reported surging first-quarter sales and beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, as investors reacted to net losses of nearly six times the Q1 2011 mark.
Accuray reported losses of $26.5 million, or 38 cents per share, on sales of $100.5 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. That’s top-line growth of 163.9 percent compared with the same period last year, largely due to the massive infusion that followed ARAY’s acquisition of rival TomoTherapy earlier this year.
Accuray dives despite beating The Street as losses gape
Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) shares are down today after the radiosurgery company reported surging first-quarter sales and beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, as investors reacted to net losses of nearly six times the Q1 2011 mark.
Accuray reported losses of $26.5 million, or 38 cents per share, on sales of $100.5 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. That’s top-line growth of 163.9 percent compared with the same period last year, largely due to the massive infusion that followed ARAY’s acquisition of rival TomoTherapy earlier this year.
FDA clears St. Jude’s first-to-market hybrid FFR/OCT blood vessel imaging system | Regulatory Roundup
St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) got the FDA’s green light for the U.S. market’s first combined FFR/OCT blood vessel imaging system for diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease.
The Ilumien system combines St. Jude’s PressureWire Aeris wireless fractional flow reserve imaging technology, which allows physicians to visualize blood vessel characteristics, and its Extreme Resolution optical coherence tomography, which helps evaluate the severity of blood flow blockages in coronary arteries.
Ballantyne takes CFO post at Avedro | Personnel Moves
Waltham, Mass.-based medical device and pharmaceutical company Avedro appointed industry veteran C. Evan Ballantyne as its new chief financial officer.
Prior to the appointment, Ballantyne was the VP & CFO of biopharmaceutical company Clinical Data Inc., chief financial officer of Beverly, Mass.-based ZymeQuest, and vice president at chief operating officer at the ACNielsen Corporation.
Accuray slips into the red in Q4, FY2011 | Earnings Roundup
Accuray Inc. (NSDQ:ARAY) may be the fish that swallowed the whale, but it might have bitten off more than it can chew judging from its fourth-quarter and fiscal 2011 results.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based radiosurgery device maker paid $300 million for its larger rival TomoTherapy in March. That acquisition sent ARAY into the red for both the quarter and full year.