A tale of two Covids for smaller device makers
The pandemic provided the best and worst of times for smid-cap medtechs.
Telemedicine and the “Zoom effect” boost big-cap medtech
In the second half of 2020 medtech began a tentative – and possibly short-lived – recovery.
Biopharma shares keep riding the Covid wave
The pandemic remains the dominant storyline for drug stocks at the nine-month mark, with Vertex and Horizon rare non-Covid-related risers.
Biopharma shares shake off the pandemic
Global drug stocks enthusiastically joined the recovery on the financial markets in the second quarter, more than offsetting earlier declines.
Smaller device makers put in a muted performance
Mid- and small-cap medtechs find themselves at the mercy of government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 divides the biggest medtechs
Success or failure on the stock markets this year depended almost entirely on whether a company’s devices could be used to treat coronavirus patients.
Covid-19 hits Europe drug stocks hardest
US drug stocks were shielded from bigger falls in the first quarter by leading coronavirus researchers, leaving groups listed in Japan and Europe to tumble harder.
Covid-19 infects global drug stocks
The coronavirus pandemic wiped billions from global drug stock valuations in the first quarter, with the few gainers failing to offset huge losses elsewhere.
2019 was all about execution for smaller device makers
New products and strategic execution buoyed mid and small-cap medtechs, while safety worries took down one former high-flier.
