Despair engulfs smaller device companies
The nightmare on the public markets is not confined to the bigger groups.
To back, or back away from, digital health?
Some medtech venture investors are taken with the promise of digital technologies, while others find them easy to resist.
A bad year to be an American medtech
Big-cap device makers on European exchanges did nicely in 2021, whereas their US-listed brethren had a harder time.
Role reversal for large-cap medtechs
Shareholders are rewarding the kinds of companies they punished a year ago.
Venture-backed medtechs rush for the exit
A lot of money is sloshing around, and medical device start-ups are reaping the benefits.
Onduo takes its time
The Verily subsidiary has the luxury of patient backers. But hungrier rivals could steal a march.
Medtech deal-making stands firm in difficult times
It takes more than a pandemic to stop medical device companies merging.
Telemedicine and the “Zoom effect” boost big-cap medtech
In the second half of 2020 medtech began a tentative – and possibly short-lived – recovery.
Teladoc bets $18.5bn that Covid-19 will change the world for good
The purchase of Livongo is the richest healthcare deal this year, but questions about reimbursement, competition and profitability remain.