
Covid-19 takes its toll on medtechs’ efficiency
Staffing levels changed little across 2020 as M&A slowed – but sales are another story.

Telemedicine and the “Zoom effect” boost big-cap medtech
In the second half of 2020 medtech began a tentative – and possibly short-lived – recovery.

Medtechs that book the most sales per employee face the greatest losses
Welcome to the calm before the Covid-19 storm.

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.

The contrasting fortunes of Envista and Smiledirectclub
Two dental companies go public inside a week, with very different results.

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.

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.