Hi all -- just some interesting info. From my perspective Edwards is the Coy that would lose most should AVR become a main player in the 'heart valve'
sector... including the ViV -- . Also with Abbott's ViV in the bin ? (sorry about the chart spread (hope it works)
Coy
Market Cap US$Billions A$ mill AVR
1 Abbott Lab
$192.2
2 Medtronic
$116.6
3 Johnson & Johnson
$438.9
4 Edwards Lifescience
$49.7
5 Boston Scientific
$ 74.5
6 Anteris
A$0.330
Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices andhealth care company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States.Wikipedia--------------------
Medtronic plc is an American medical device company. Thecompany's operational and executive headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota,and its legal headquarters are in Ireland due to its acquisition of Irish-basedCovidien in 2015.Wikipedia
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Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation foundedin 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packagedgoods.Wikipedia-------------------
EdwardsLifesciences is an Americanmedical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing inartificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIENtranscatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable,cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter.Wikipedia
(Note Not sure of accuracy of % but believe Edwards – reliesupon appx 70-80% income re specializing in artificial heart valves andhemodynamic monitoring
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Boston Scientific Corporation,incorporated in Delaware, is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm andmultinational manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medicalspecialties
What is the lawsuit against Boston Scientific?The settlement requires Boston to pay $188.6 million to 47 states andthe District of Columbia to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketedtransvaginal surgical mesh devices to patients. California's share of thesettlement is $19.3 million.23 Mar 20
Hi all -- just some interesting info. From my perspective...
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