Orthopaedics companies’ nightmare quarter
The Covid-19 pandemic has scythed vast sums from joint makers’ Q2 sales. But Medtronic’s summer earnings were better than those for its spring quarter.
A poor quarter for Roche leads to muted expectations
Launching a suite of Covid-19 diagnostics could not prevent Roche’s first-half profits sliding 5%.
Covid-19 takes a toll on medtech’s first quarter
Medtronic has had a poor quarter owing to the pandemic – but Zimmer’s has been even worse.