Business

How much is COVID-19 affecting procedure volumes for medtech?

(MassDevice) – UBS Financial Services released a report detailing how it expects medtech procedures to potentially keep dipping during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report highlighted a quicker-than-expected recovery in the second quarter after U.S. hospitals began canceling, delaying and deferring elective procedures in late March as the pandemic took hold. […]

Business

The 2020 Top 30 Global Medical Device Companies

(MPO) – 2019’s passing marks two years without the type of annual blockbuster deal the medical device industry had become accustomed to. That’s not to say M&A activity was quiet—a number of the world’s largest medtech makers spent billions last year to boost their portfolios. […]

M&A

Medical device mergers on pause

(Evaluate) – Thanks to Thermo Fisher Scientific and Invitae, two groups brave enough to push ahead with multibillion-dollar acquisitions during a pandemic, the total value of medical device M&A announced in the first half of 2020 nudged over $15bn. […]