• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

MassDevice

The Medical Device Business Journal — Medical Device News & Articles | MassDevice

  • Latest News
    • Cardiovascular
    • Orthopedics
  • Wall Street Beat
    • Funding Roundup
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Podcasts
    • MPR: Breakthrough Products Series
  • Resources
    • About MassDevice
    • Newsletter Signup
    • Job Board
    • Leadership in Medtech
    • Manufacturer Search
    • MedTech 100 Index
    • Videos
    • Whitepapers
  • DeviceTalks Tuesdays
    • DeviceTalks
  • Coronavirus: Live updates

Standard & Poor's

MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for February 16, 2012.

February 16, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Plus 3

Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.

If you read nothing else today, make sure you’re still in the know with MassDevice +3.

Filed Under: Medicare, News Well, Pre-Market Approval (PMA), Recalls, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: depuysynthes, Hips, Johnson and Johnson, Standard & Poor's

Standard & Poor’s downgrades Medtronic | Wall Street Beat

February 16, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services downgraded Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) credit rating after the company reported declines for its bread-and-butter CRM and spine businesses – which together accounted for more than 50 percent of its total Q2 revenues.

CRDM revenues were up 1.6 percent to $1.27 billion for the quarter, but defibrillator sales slid 5.0 percent to $708 million.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Amedica, Appaloosa Management, Atossa Genetics, Fujifilm, Intuitive Surgical, NASDAQ, Standard & Poor's, Stock Exchange De-listing, World Heart Corp.

Standard & Poor’s junks KCI bond rating | Wall Street Beat

November 8, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Standard & Poor’s relegated Kinetic Concepts Inc.’s bonds into junk status after a consortium led by Apax Partners took the wound care giant private last week.

The rating agency knocked its stance on KCI bonds down four rungs from "BB+" to "B," according to MarketWatch.

Filed Under: News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Apax Partners, Debt Financing, Hologic, Kinetic Concepts Inc., Standard & Poor's, stjudemedical

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2

Primary Sidebar

MEDTECH 100 INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
Need Medtech news in a minute?
We Deliver!

MassDevice Enewsletters get you caught up on all the mission critical news you need in med tech. Sign up today.

Tweets by @MassDevice
MDO ad

Footer

MASSDEVICE MEDICAL NETWORK

DeviceTalks
Drug Delivery Business News
Medical Design & Outsourcing
Medical Tubing + Extrusion

MASSDEVICE

Subscribe to MassDevice
Advertise with us
About
Contact us

Add us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Connect with us on LinkedIn Follow us on YouTube

Copyright © 2021 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media.

Advertise | Privacy Policy | RSS