Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) today said it appointed Richard Meier as executive VP and chief financial officer, effective immediately. Prior to joining Intersect ENT, Meier was a chief financial officer and a senior executive at Owens & Minor. He has held a number of executive leadership roles at Teleflex, Advanced Medical Optics (now part of Abbott Labs) […]
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Intersect ENT’s Q3 beats on sales, misses on earnings
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) this morning posted wider-than-expected losses but topped the consensus sales estimate with its third-quarter results. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Intersect reported losses of -$12.8 million, or -41¢ per share, on sales of $24.1 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News
Intersect ENT’s Ascend study misses endpoint
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) shares plunged today after the company said it failed to meet the primary endpoint in a study of its Ascend investigational drug-coated sinus balloon. The 70-person, randomized, double-blind trial was designed to compared treatment with Intersect ENT’s DCB when randomized against an uncoated balloon control. The study missed the primary endpoint, frontal sinus […]
FDA approves delivery system for Intersect ENT’s Propel implant
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) said today that it won FDA approval for a new delivery system for its Propel Mini steroid-eluting sinus implant. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company said the straight delivery system is designed to place the mometasone furoate-eluting Propel Mini in the ethmoid sinus behind the nasal bridge. The SDS is slated to hit […]
Intersect ENT lures Hologic’s West for CEO | Personnel Moves, June 28, 2019
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) yesterday named Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) executive Tom West to be its new president & CEO effective July 22. West, who has been president of Hologic’s diagnostics solutions division since October 2014, is a Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) veteran, Menlo Park, Calif.-based Intersect ENT said. The company in May tapped lead director Kieran Gallahue to […]
Wright Medical creates digital arm, promotes Asper to chief digital officer | Personnel Moves – May 7, 2019
Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) said today that it is creating a new digital division and that it is promoting strategy, tech & corporate dev senior VP Jason Asper to chief digital officer. The new CDO title comes alongside Asper’s existing responsibilities, Amsterdam-based Wright Medical said. The new digital division will focus on the company’s digital surgery strategy […]
Intersect ENT posts mixed-bag Q1 earnings
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) today posted first quarter earnings that topped sales expectations but missed loss-per-share consensus on Wall Street. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company posted losses of $10.8 million, or 35¢ per share, on sales of $26.7 million for the three months ended March 31, seeing losses grow 76.1% while sales grew 7.9% compared with the […]
Intersect ENT wins preliminary CMS reimbursement code
Shares in Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) got a boost yesterday on news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had assigned the company’s Sinuva corticosteroid-eluting sinus implant a preliminary J-code. Intersect ENT stock, which had been bumping along just under $30 per share last week, jumped to $33.13 per share at Monday’s market open, then […]
Intersect ENT shares dip despite street-beating Q4, 2018 earnings
Shares in Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) have fallen slightly today despite the medical device maker released fourth quarter and full year 2018 earnings that met consensus expectations from analysts on Wall Street. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company posted losses of $5 million, or 16¢ per share, on sales of approximately $32.8 million for the three months ended […]
Dexcom Q4 prelims top consensus | Wall Street Beat
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) topped estimates on Wall Street today with preliminary results for its fourth-quarter financial results. The San Diego, Calif.-based company said it expects to report $331 million in sales for the quarter ended Dec. 31 – up at least 50% from the same period last year. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]
Intersect ENT launches trial of drug-coated sinus balloon
Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) said today that it enrolled the first patient in a trial of its Ascend drug-coated sinus balloon. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company’s device is designed to deliver mometasone furoate directly to a person’s sinuses at the time of dilation. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
