
Healthineers scores big in the third quarter
Diagnostics companies enjoy notable uplift in sales; elsewhere, spinouts could shape the future.

Medtronic’s Hugo still a long way from victor
The world’s biggest medtech expects great things from its new surgical robot, but its best shot at leading a market with a new product remains renal denervation.

Big pharma freshens up
Reliance on established drugs lessened for most large drug makers last year, but staleness is creeping in at Merck and Bristol.

Medtech’s haves and have-nots
Medtronic’s quarterly results yesterday might presage a recovery, and some groups are in dire need of one.