Medtronic bets on flexibility for its surgical robots
The long-awaited robotic surgery system is designed to open up the market.
With new unicorn status, CMR Surgical sets profitability target
CMR Surgical’s private round is the largest ever venture deal for a European medtech. And the point is to get to profitability, not flotation.
The extremes converge in big medtech’s hiring practices
Intuitive Surgical makes the most money per employee – but the title of “most improved” goes to Philips.
Medtronic spends $1.6bn to finish what it started with Mazor
The industry leader’s biggest buy since Covidien gets it into robots, but direct competition with Intuitive is unlikely.
Medtechs prioritise efficiency when it comes to hiring
Big cap medtech is hiring, largely thanks to organic growth.
Interview – CMR Surgical has $100m and a plan to keep busy
CMR Surgical has the cash to take it to CE mark.
Smaller medtechs soar in ’17 but could now be too expensive
Many small groups are up thanks to takeover speculation, and this may end up being self-defeating.
2017 saw the stars Align for big-cap medtech
Toothy grins all round at Align, but it is unclear how much longer it can keep up its scorching rate of sales growth.
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