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Integer shares up after Street-beating Q4
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Integer shares up after Street-beating Q4
Integer Holdings (NYSE:ITGR) shares were up at close today on fourth-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast, despite a big dip in profits. The Plano, Texas-based company posted profits of $11 million, or 33¢ per share, on sales of $325.6 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2019, for a 57.2% bottom-line slide on sales…
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How an integrated data platform can reshape the medical device industryAs big data grows and competition rises, stricter regulatory guidance looms Today’s medical device industry is being transformed by the…
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These young medtech companies raised the most money in 2019
Medical device industry insiders may very well remember 2019 as the year that IPOs came back — but another sign that the U.S. economy has left the Great Recession far behind. Among the top investment deals in the space, half involved public offerings, according to the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and CB Insights. Total investments in…
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This neural implant can be both remotely charged and programmed
Engineers at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering are touting the first neural implant capable of being programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. Kaiyuan Yang, Jacob Robinson, Zhanghao Yu and Joshua Chen collaborated to develop the integrated MagNI (magnetoelectric neural implant) microsystem, which could allow imbedded devices such as a spinal cord stimulator…
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Protolabs shares fall on Q4 results
Shares in Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) dropped by 12.4% today on news of weak fourth-quarter demand. Sales met analysts’ expectations, but profits fell sharply compared with the fourth quarter of 2018. The Maple Plain, Minn.-based rapid manufacturing company reported profits of $15.19 million or $0.63 per share, on sales of $111.89 million for the three months ended…
