There is a women’s leadership gap in the U.S., and women in medtech have been working to alleviate that problem. According to a report from the Centers for American Progress, women hold 52% of professional jobs in the U.S., but only 14.6% are CEOs, 8.1% are top earners and 4.6% are Fortune 500 CEOs. More specifically,
Medical device companies: These 15 performed the best in 2017
January 5, 2018 By 2 Comments
Updated Jan. 5, 2018 Among the most successful medical device companies of 2017, there were two themes: innovation and breadth of services. That was the major takeaway of an MDO analysis of the stock performance of the 100 largest publicly traded medtech companies in the world. What does innovation mean? Think Align Technology (Nasdaq:ALGN) and
These 10 medtech companies care a lot about research
November 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Among the world’s largest medtech companies, these 10 spent the largest portion of their budgets on research and development. So what have they produced? Every year, Medical Design & Outsourcing pulls financial regulatory filings and reaches out to major, companies in some cases to create a list of the 100 largest medical device companies in
Insulet touts real-world data for Omnipod insulin management tech
September 13, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) touted real-world data today for its Omnipod insulin management system at the Congress of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The data come from a study of nearly 39,000 patients with Type I and Type II diabetes who received insulin through the Omnipod system and had at least three months of data […]
Artificial pancreas: These companies are racing to make one
May 24, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Medical device companies are close to achieving the holy grail of diabetes treatment: a combined glucose sensor, control algorithm and insulin infusion device that effectively acts as an “artificial pancreas.” We explain more in our newest Medical Design & Outsourcing video. (And for a deeper dive, check out our recent roundup of companies in the
These big medtech names performed the best in early 2017
April 7, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Fink Densford, Associate Editor and Chris Newmarker, Managing Editor This year so far has been an especially good one for medical device company stocks. More than four-fifths of the world’s 100 largest medical device companies saw their stock values increase during the first quarter of 2017 – about half enjoyed double-digit percentage increases, according to an analysis
7 companies in the race to make an artificial pancreas
March 31, 2017 By 11 Comments
Over 50 years ago, scientists discovered the ability to externally control blood glucose regulation for individuals with type 1 diabetes. Since then, researchers in the field of diabetes management have dreamt of creating a closed-loop system – a combined glucose sensor, control algorithm and insulin infusion device – to effectively act as an “artificial pancreas”
The top medtech stories of early 2017
March 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The new Trump administration and Republican Congress – and all the accompanying change and uncertainty –is the major story for the medical device industry. But there are many other medtech stories worth noting from the first quarter of 2017. There was an FDA warning over Abbott’s Absorb bioresorbable stent, a continued spate of M&A deals, a
Insulet taps ATS Automation Tooling for planned U.S. plant, beefs up executive suite
September 6, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said today it inked a 5-year deal with ATS Automation Tooling Systems to construct an automated manufacturing assembly line for its products and announced a pair of new executive appointments. Billerica, Mass.-based Insulet said it expects the contract with ATS to cost approximately $35 million. ATS is slated to design, build and install manufacturing
