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Promising clinical trial results on glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists (GLP-1s) created a seismic shift in the medtech stock market.
Medtech CEO compensation averaged $10.5 million during the companies' most recent fiscal years.
Major medical device companies are now disclosing how much their median employees make - and comparing it to CEO pay.
Award-winning projects
Major medical device companies are now disclosing how much their median employees make - and comparing it to CEO pay. [Regional Award for Data Journalism. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2024.]
Explore the persistent gender gap in medtech leadership roles. Women hold 23% of executive roles in the top 100 companies. [Regional Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2024.]
Intuitive Surgical CMO Myriam Curet shares how Intuitive has built an ecosystem of success around data and collaboration. [Regional Award for Company Profile. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2024.]
The FDA acknowledged interruptions with notifications from recalling firms, while experts point to fewer inspections and procedures. [Regional Silver Award for Enterprise News Reporting. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2023.]
This year has been one of the most formative for women in medtech leadership roles as representation in the C-suite has reached a new high. [Regional Bronze Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2023.]
The September 2022 edition won the Regional Silver Award for Print Special Issue or Supplement, issued by ASBPE & the 2023 Special Section Honorable Mention, issued by TABPI. Danielle was responsible for gathering the financial data of more than 100 medical device companies and compiling it to create the ranking of the 100 largest medtech companies in the world.
The prevalence of women in corporate leadership positions within the medical device industry remains low, and the rate of increase is stagnant despite new initiatives to increase diversity in the industry. [Regional Bronze Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Issued by American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2022.]
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Promising clinical trial results on glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists (GLP-1s) created a seismic shift in the medtech stock market.
Medtech CEO compensation averaged $10.5 million during the companies' most recent fiscal years.
Major medical device companies are now disclosing how much their median employees make - and comparing it to CEO pay.
Explore the persistent gender gap in medtech leadership roles. Women hold 23% of executive roles in the top 100 companies.
Our ranking of the world's largest medical device companies shows record-high revenue and a double-digit boost in R&D activities
FDA medical device product recalls dropped last year to the lowest number since 2013, according to our analysis of newly released recall data.
Medtech industry revenue, research spending and employment declined in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an MDO analysis of financial data.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is outraising incumbent President Donald Trump nearly 3-to-1 among medtech employees and their families.
The medtech industry is bouncing back from the economic fallout caused by the pandemic, according to an analysis of our Medtech Big 100 data.
Medtech company employees and their families have donated $289,533 to former VP Joe Biden, versus $190,570 for President Donald Trump.
Despite numerous challenges, the medtech industry showed itself to be fairly recession-proof in 2020, according to an analysis of financials.
Breaking news
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is restructuring its DePuy Synthes orthopedic unit, executives said on a quarterly earnings call with investors.
The European Commission today announced it has ordered Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN) to unwind and divest its Grail acquisition.
The agreement includes Intuitive making an upfront payment of $7.5 million to Titan Medical. CEO Cary Vance will step down.
This week, the FDA labeled Draeger's recall of some ventilators as Class I, the most serious kind.
The jury in the Elizabeth Holmes federal fraud trial found her guilty on four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Business
The FDA is expected to continue much of its operations if there's a U.S. government shutdown, while CMS and the NIH face some uncertainties.
Haemonetics today announced a definitive agreement to acquire cardiology-focused technology developer OpSens.
Medtronic today announced it appointed former Amazon executive Ken Washington as chief technology and innovation officer.
Owens & Minor today announced an operating realignment after posting mixed-bag fourth-quarter results.
The medical device excise tax could result in a loss of 21,390 full-time jobs and a GDP reduction of $1.7 billion, according to a report from the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan, business-friendly think tank. According to the report, the tax is projected to raise about $25 billion over the next 10 years.
The medical device excise tax will reduce research and development spending and impede innovation if reinstated in 2020, according to a report from Minnesota trade group Medical Alley Association. In the report, Medical Alley surveyed its members that will be affected by the return of the tax on Jan. 1, 2020.
Engineering
Most people in medtech know of Earl Bakken's contributions to pacemakers and cardiac rhythm devices, but without Otis Boykin, pacemakers wouldn't have the pacing technology they do today.
Abbott's experience with its Piccolo device provides lessons for those who want to spark a pediatric medical device renaissance.
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies is making catheter placement procedures for dialysis and chemotherapy easier and safer using inside-out tech.
Multiple components go into a catheter delivery system, with several ways to combine them. Here are some potential pitfalls.
Maria Bennett, co-founder and CEO of Cleveland-based SPR Therapeutics, has been studying pain relief using electrical stimulation for 25 years with the
Here are the components and design considerations that go into making successful ablation catheters to treat AFib.
The Mayo Clinic Glass Shop creates glass tubing for cardiac, transplantation and tissue perfusion research - and more recently, to help fight COVID-19.
Front Line Medical Technologies developed a small, quick and easy device to stop aorta blood flow to save lives.
Company profiles
Intuitive Surgical CMO Myriam Curet shares how Intuitive has built an ecosystem of success around data and collaboration.
Penumbra is expanding its focus on Immersive Healthcare, creating virtual reality approaches to occupational and physical therapy.
Chief Strategy Officer Rachel Ellingson has been part of the driving force behind Zimmer Biomet's recent successes.
Developing a fast COVID-19 that resembled a pregnancy test and building two factories to boost production - those were but two of the quick-thinking actions that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) officials took in the early months of a deadly coronavirus pandemic. Abbott began tracking the virus in China at the end of 2019 and into early 2020.
Medasense Biometrics is changing surgical pain management with personalized treatment, overcoming the subjectivity of current methods.
Ananya Health, co-founded by Anu Parvatiyar, is at the forefront of tackling a major global health disparity.
Many doctors have visualized devices to solve medical problems. The founder and CEO of Noleus Technologies has devised one to address prolonged hospital stays after abdominal surgery.
Kate Rosenbluth developed the Cala Health Cala Trio for essential tremor, a debilitating disorder that can make daily tasks difficult.
Telehealth is having its moment as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Patty Post, founder and CEO of Checkable Medical, is developing at-home strep and COVID-19 tests.
FAQs
A microcatheter is a small diameter catheter that is used in minimally invasive procedures for delivering devices.
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure in which a catheter is inserted into an artery or vein in the groin, neck or arm and threaded to the heart.
Coextrusion is the process of pressing two or more materials into a single piece of tubing. Coextruded tubing is commonly used in the packaging and medical device industries. For example, multi-layered extruded tubing can be used for drug delivery applications, including insulin delivery, angiography and pain therapy.
Medical tubing is designed for a number of applications that allow clinicians to administer fluid and devices or allow for gas flow. Common applications of medical tubing include ventilators and IVs, but tubing also finds uses supporting access devices and as a delivery method for other devices.
Paratubing is a form of tubing that is made from two or more round tubes that are conjoined during extrusion. Paratubing, also called parallel tubing, comes in a wide range of thermoplastics and designs with electrical properties and signal carrying capabilities.
Magazines
The October 2023 Women In Medtech issue of Medical Design & Outsourcing features executives from Intuitive, Ambu, Biosense Webster and more.
The September 2023 edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing features our Medtech Big 100 ranking of the world's largest device companies.
Featuring Zimmer Biomet's Rachel Ellingson and more, Women in Medtech shares insights from the women leading medtech to greater innovation.
The September 2022 edition of MDO focuses on our Big 100 ranking of the largest medical device companies, which hit a new high this year.
It's our annual report about medtech's 100 largest companies. Also read about climate change and supply chains - and Medtronic's Hugo robot.
Women are still underrepresented in medtech executive leadership roles - even as they drive some of the industry's top innovations.
The information in this year's annual Big 100 rankings of the world's largest medical device companies is as interesting as ever.
How Medtronic's new diversity leader wants to make the company even better Just 20% of executive roles held by women Smith+Nephew is taking the road less
Insights from Cathy Burzik's 40 years in the healthcare industry Women in Medtech: Only a fraction of research funding goes to women researchers Diversity
The 20 largest medical device companies in the world The 11 largest medtech employers of 2019 - and what their employees really think These 10 medtech
Lessons learned from top women leaders in medtech According to the Center for American Progress, women account for 47% of the country's labor force and
The 10 largest medical device companies in the world The 10 largest medtech employers of 2018 - and what their employees really think Consolidation is