Johnson & Johnson to Sell Cordis to Cardinal Health for $1.94 billion.
Cardinal CEO George Barrett has said that the company may make more acquisitions in cardiology and endovascular treatment as well as in the trauma and wound care segment.
Hopes and Hurdles for Medical Device Companies in China in the Year of the Ram
There are great opportunities for foreign medical device companies in China as the people want better healthcare, the government is increasing access to healthcare, and the market is growing between 15 and 20 percent per year. But access to the marketplace is harder than ever. Why?
Cardinal to buy J&J’s Cordis Unit?
Bloomberg reports that the world’s largest healthcare company Johnson & Johnson is in talks with Cardinal Health Inc. to sell its Cordis unit. The unit may fetch as much as $2 billion in a sale, according to the story.
Medtronic Posts Higher-Than-Expected Q3 Profits
The company’s heart devices such as implantable defibrillators, artificial valves and devices to treat atrial fibrillation, contributed to a 5 percent increase in sales in the cardiac and vascular business, its largest unit.
Med-tech Deal Activity Remained Strong in Q4
According to recent analysis by PwC, deal volume declined from 13 deals in the third quarter of 2014 to 9 deals in the fourth quarter. However, deal value increased from $3.7 billion to $4.9 billion over the same period.
New Japan Medical Device Regulations
The new PMD Act was based on previous ordinances implemented in the summer of 2014. Two of the main points of this revision are to increase safety measures for medical devices and introduce new cellular and tissue therapeutic product regulations.
“Tax Effect Not Minimal and is Responsible for 18,500 Job Losses”
The medical device tax has a “profound negative effect” on the nation’s jobs and innovation, AdvaMed President and CEO Stephen Ubl and Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance Executive Director Gail Rodriguez explain in an editorial.
Roche and Qualcomm Collaborate to Innovate Remote Patient Monitoring
Many remote patient monitoring and management solutions today require patients to communicate results to their health care professionals in manual, time-consuming and non-digitized channels. Qualcomm Life and Roche hope to create an improved process for sharing health information between health care providers and their patients.
A Major National Health Plan Medical Director Shares Insights on How Coverage Decisions are Made
This Q&A session, with an active Regional Medical Director involved in traditional health plan policy and payment development, as well as emerging value-based models, reveals important information and attitudes toward coverage of new/existing technologies and standards of evidence.
Global Market for Refurbished Devices Will Reach $9.37 B by 2019
New market research report also notes that growth has been restricted by a lack of standardization of policies related to the reuse of medical devices and the hesitancy of some organizations to purchase refurbished medical equipment.
