Updated Jan. 8, 2019 Medical device company stocks are not looking as rosy as they did two months ago, but the medtech industry still appears to be resisting the overall downward trend in stock markets, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcinganalysis. More than half of the roughly 100 largest medical device companies in the world […]
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Insulet taps former Medtronic finance exec McMillan as CFO | Personnel Moves – January 8, 2019
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said yesterday that it tapped former Medtronic minimally invasive therapies CFO and finance VP Wayde McMillan as its new chief financial officer, replacing Michael Levitz. The Acton, Mass.-based diabetes-focused medtech company said that McMillan will join the company in February and that Levitz will continue as an advisor for a period following the […]
Analyst downgrades pressure medtech stocks
Several medical device companies took hits yesterday after analysts on Wall Street downgraded their stocks, on a day when the major market indices each closed up a hair, and even medtech firms that enjoyed upgrades came under pressure. Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) suffered the most after Morgan Stanley analyst David Lewis cut his rating on the stock from […]
Making diabetes management simpler with a tubeless pump
People using traditional insulin pumps to manage their diabetes often have to adjust their daily lives to live comfortably with a tubed pump. Insulet wants to change that. For nearly three decades, hundreds of thousands of people with diabetes have relied on insulin pumps to titrate the drug that keeps their blood sugar in check. […]
Tidepool raises $6m to develop automated insulin delivery app
Tidepool said this week that it raised $6 million from JDRF and the Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support the development of Tidepool Loop – a hybrid, closed-loop automated insulin delivery app. Tidepool, a non-profit diabetes data management group, is working to create an FDA-regulated app that is compatible with multiple insulin […]
Sanuwave confirms acting CEO Richardson as company head | Personnel Moves – December 12, 2018
Sanuwave said late last month that it lifted acting CEO and board chair Kevin Richardson to a permanent position in the corner office. Richardson joined the Suwanee, Ga.-based company in 2009 as board chair, and has served as acting CEO since 2014. He also served as managing partner of investment management firm Prides Capital from […]
Insulet’s Omnipod Dash system lands ISO cert for data security
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said this week that it won ISO 27001 certification for its Omnipod Dash product, meeting the international standard for best practice in an information security management system. The Billerica, Mass.-based company’s Omnipod Dash system wirelessly connects Insulet’s Personal Diabetes Manager with a tubeless, waterproof insulin pump. The PDM calculates how much insulin should be administered using […]
Insulet inks deal with Samsung to develop smartphone-controlled Omnipod
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said this week that it inked a deal with Samsung to develop an Omnipod insulin delivery system that would allow users to control their insulin pump therapy with a Galaxy smartphone. If approved, the system would be the first of its kind, according to the Billerica, Mass.-based company. Get the full story at our […]
Insulet Q3 beats The Street
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) today posted third quarter earnings that beat expectations on Wall Street and lifted its guidance for the remaining year. The Billerica, Mass.-based company posted profits of $1.7 million, or 3¢ per share, on sales of $151.1 million for the three months ended September 30, seeing a 174.5% swing into the black while sales grew 24.1% […]
These 10 medtech companies care a lot about research
These 10 medical device companies spent the largest portion of their budgets on research and development. Here’s a look at what they produced. Each year, Medical Design & Outsourcing compiles a list of the top 100 medical device companies across the globe and ranks the companies based on annual revenue for the most recent fiscal […]
Europe OKs Novo Nordisk’s Fiasp for Insulet’s Omnipod
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said today that its Omnipod insulin management system is available in Europe for use with Novo Nordisk‘s (NYSE:NVO) Fiasp fast-acting insulin aspart. Novo Nordisk’s Fiasp product enters the user’s bloodstream two times faster than NovoRapid and is designed to match a healthy body’s response to a meal, according to Insulet. Get the full story at our […]