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Diversity in medtech: Just 20% of executive roles held by women

October 13, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

Diversity in executive roles in the medical device industry is trending more toward parity, with women holding 2% more C-suite roles in 2020 compared to last year. Just 20% of executives at the 100 largest medical device companies in the world are women, and those companies average 19% female composition in the C-suite, according to […]

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: 3m, Abbott, Alcon, B. Braun, Baxter, becton dickinson, bostonscientific, Cardinal Health, danaher, EssilorLuxottica, Fresenius, GE Healthcare, Henry Schein Medical, johnsonandjohnson, Medtronic, owens&minor, royalphilips, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker, Women in Medtech, Zimmer Biomet

Fresenius to enter heart, lung, organ failure markets

October 8, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) announced today that its new growth strategy includes treating heart, lung and multi-organ failure. Hamburg, Germany-based Fresenius’ strategy centers around three major areas: renal care, critical care solutions and complementary assets, according to a news release. The company’s renal care continuum is to be bolstered by artificial intelligence and data analysis technologies […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Dialysis, Respiratory, Transplants Tagged With: Fresenius, Fresenius Medical Care

FDA issues EUA for Sterilucent N95 hydrogen peroxide sterilization

April 22, 2020 By Sean Whooley

The FDA has granted Sterilucent emergency use authorization (EUA) for its hydrogen peroxide sterilizer for use with N95 and N95-equivalent respirators — the latest in a string of mask sterilizers receiving EUAs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Minneapolis-based Sterilucent’s HC 80TT vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilizer may now be used to decontaminate the single-use compatible respirators that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Respiratory, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: Advanced Sterilization Products, Battelle, coronavirus, FDA, Fresenius, Sterilucent Inc., Steris Corp., Stryker

Latest pandemic-related shortages: Dialysis machines & supplies

April 20, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Medtech manufacturers have begun responding to some unexpected shortages brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Demand for kidney dialysis equipment and supplies has jumped in hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots, leading to spot shortages and taking healthcare providers by surprise, as they considered the virus a respiratory disease. Get the full story on our sister […]

Filed Under: Dialysis, Featured, Hospital Care Tagged With: Baxter, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fresenius

Fresenius to launch a mechanical ventilators alternative in U.S.

February 24, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) announced today that it has achieved a 510(k) clearance for its Novalung system — which reduces or eliminates the need for mechanical ventilation by pumping a person’s blood through an oxygenator for gas exchange. Fresenius boasted that the Novalung is the first extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system cleared to provide more than six hours […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Business/Financial News, Featured, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Fresenius

Fresenius Medical Care North America launches connected health platform

November 4, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) recently announced that its Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) business has launched a connected health platform called TheHub. TheHub includes three integrated applications meant to enable people on dialysis, their care teams, and health providers to better collaborate. Fresenius officials see the system enhancing remote monitoring for people on home dialysis. The Trump administration […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Dialysis, Digital Health, News Well, Software / IT Tagged With: Fresenius, Fresenius Medical Care

Fresenius Medical Care wins FDA breakthrough nod for clot-preventing dialysis device

October 24, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Fresenius Medical Care North America (NYSE:FMS)  said today that it won breakthrough device designation from the FDA for the new hemodialysis system it’s developing. Waltham, Mass.-based Fresenius said its Endexo antithrombogenic additive is being incorporated into the manufacturing of dialyzers and bloodlines. The device is a polymer made of modifying molecules designed to inhibit the adsorption […]

Filed Under: Dialysis, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Tagged With: FDA, Fresenius, Fresenius Medical Care

Report: Fresenius to shutter Ohio billing operation, lay off 57

October 15, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Fresenius Management Services (NYSE:FMS; ETR:FRE) is reportedly closing its medical billing facility and laying off nearly 60 employees in North Olmsted, Ohio. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification on Oct. 4 saying that it would lay off 56 employees on December 6 and add one more employee to the layoffs on Jan. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Dialysis, Featured Tagged With: Fresenius, Fresenius Medical Care

The 10 largest medical device companies in the world

September 19, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

The merger of the French lens manufacturer Essilor with Italian eyewear maker Luxottica boosted the new EssilorLuxottica into the top 10 of the Big 100 list of largest medical device companies in the world — produced by our sister site Medical Design & Outsourcing. Overall, consolidation continues to play a major role in shaping the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Big 100, Cardinal Health, Danaher Corp., EssilorLuxottica, Fresenius, GE Healthcare, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker

Dynatronics promotes COO Baker to replace von Jako as CEO | Personnel Moves, August 30, 2019

August 30, 2019 By Brad Perriello

After deciding this week that its CEO needs to be based in Eagan, Minn., and with chief executive Chris von Jako unwilling to relocate his family, Dynatronics (NSDQ:DYNT) promoted COO Brian Baker to the corner office, effective August 28. “After thoughtful consideration, the board of directors determined that the company’s CEO needs to be based in […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured Tagged With: ATL Technology, Cook Medical, Dynatronics Corp, Echosens, Fresenius, Harmonic Bionics, Iradimed Corp, Orchestra BioMed, Penumbra Inc., Personnel Moves, UBS

Trump reveals plan to overhaul kidney disease care

July 11, 2019 By Brad Perriello

The Trump administration yesterday revealed its plan to overhaul the way kidney disease is treated in the U.S., looking to increase early detection and emphasize transplants and home hemodialysis instead of in-clinic treatment via executive order. Shares of dialysis providers DaVita Healthcare (NYSE:DVA) and Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) took a hit earlier this week on news of the changes. The executive […]

Filed Under: Dialysis, Featured, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Baxter, DaVita Inc., Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS), Fresenius, NxStage Medical Inc.

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