German medtech giant Siemens Healthineers (FRA: SHL) reduced the lower end of its full-year earnings guidance amid Trump administration tariffs. During an earnings call with analysts yesterday, CEO Bernhard Montag said the most significant impact of the tariffs was on imports from Europe into the U.S., while only very selective parts of the company’s portfolio […]
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Siemens Healthineers has first U.S. installations of new mammography system
Siemens Healthineers announced that an Iowa healthcare facility became the first in the U.S. to install its new MammoMat B.brilliant. Grace Breast Imaging & Medical Spa of Iowa became the first to bring in the Siemens Healthineers mammography system. MammoMat B.brilliant, the company’s first completely redesigned mammography platform in over a decade, features full-field digital […]
Siemens to reevaluate Siemens Healthineers majority stake
Siemens officials question whether they should keep the company’s majority stake in its former medtech division, Siemens Healthineers (XETRA: SHL.DE). The plan is to evaluate the economic opportunities for Siemens in the healthcare space and then determine how instrumental it is to have Healthineers as an investment, Siemens CFO Ralf Thomas told the Handelsblatt newspaper in […]
Siemens Healthineers acquires Novartis molecular imaging business
Siemens Healthineers announced today that it completed the acquisition of Advanced Accelerator Applications Molecular Imaging from Novartis. The newly acquired unit is a European manufacturing and distribution network of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography (PET) scans. According to a news release, it will be known as “Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Siemens Healthineers company.” Reports first […]
Layoffs in medtech: These companies recently reduced their workforce
Medtech layoffs are picking up as 2024 draws to a close. Sean Whooley, Associate Editor, and Chris Newmarker, Editor-in-Chief The medical device industry is closing out the year with a fresh round of layoffs. At this point, MassDevice has reported on more than 22,000 medtech job cuts across the industry since mid-2022. (Have a tip […]
Profound Medical, Siemens Healthineers team up on MRI-guided prostate therapy
Profound Medical (Nasdaq:PROF) today announced a co-sales and co-marketing agreement for imaging technology with Siemens Healthineers. The companies agreed to commercialize a new MRI-guided prostate therapy solution. It combines Profound’s TULSA-PRO system and consumables with Siemens Healthieners’ Magnetom Free.Max MR scanner. This definitive agreement builds upon a non-exclusive collaboration announced between the companies earlier this […]
Siemens Healthineers inks $105M value partnership with Ohio State
Siemens Healthineers recently announced that it expanded its strategic partnership with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The new 10-year, $105 million value partnership will create a center for imaging excellence in which the German medtech giant’s scientists will work with clinical and research teams across the Ohio State health system to develop practical […]
Siemens Healthineers wins FDA nod for heart-attack-predicting test
Siemens Healthineers says a new FDA clearance will advance the care of people at risk of heart attacks in the United States. The German medtech giant announced last week that its Atellica IM high-sensitivity troponin I (TnIH) blood test has secured a new claim extending prognosis up to one year in advance. The test is […]
8 breast cancer tech stories you need to know
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a critical time to spotlight the latest innovations in medical devices designed to improve breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes. Breast cancer is a group of abnormal cells growing uncontrolably, starting in the breast tissue. Nearly all cases of breast cancer affect women, but men can get the […]
Siemens Healthineers touts first U.S. install for self-driving mobile C-arm
Siemens Healthineers announced today that the first healthcare facility in the U.S. installed its Ciartic Move mobile C-arm with self-driving capabilities. Taho Forest Health System of Truckee, California, installed the fully motorized mobile C-arm. Siemens Healthineers designed it to address the needs of orthopedic, trauma and spine surgery. However, it also has utility in thoracic, […]
Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers partner to expand spine surgery ecosystem
Medtronic today announced the commercial launch of several software, hardware and imaging offerings for spine and cranial procedures. The company announced these enhancements to its AiBLE smart ecosystem at the North American Spine Society (NASS) 39th Annual Meeting in Chicago. It designed AiBLE, an ecosystem of navigation, robotics, data and AI imaging, software and implants to enable […]
