Big device deals are back in fashion
The medtech market’s fast growth and unfettered demand attracts investment groups, while hospital suppliers consolidate.
FDA adcom to pronounce on paclitaxel-coated devices
The recent disappointing sales of drug-coated devices for peripheral arterial disease look likely to become the norm.
Boston buys Vertiflex without investing first
A poor quarter is followed by an acquisition, but is it big enough?
Boston and Coloplast sink on mesh mess
Transvaginal mesh implants are banned in the US, but remain a possibility in Europe.
ACC 2019 – Low risk of patients being denied transcatheter aortic valves
The battle for dominance of the transcatheter aortic valve market has shifted to new territory. And once again, Edwards Lifesciences is winning.
Deals galore for a new generation of transcatheter mitral valves
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement is wrenching the spotlight away from the repair devices that grabbed the headlines last summer.
Boston and Edwards make a smart judgement
The immensely complex and long-running intertwined litigation between the two medtechs has been brought to an end.
The fourth quarter sell-off hurt big medtech less than big pharma
Some medtech stocks did decline in 2018, but many more increased in value.
Medtech news over the Christmas period
Vantage’s roundup of medtech news you might have missed includes Boston Scientific hitting its 11th biz dev deal of the year.
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