Archive | June, 2008

Would a Linde Acquisition Of Resmed Make Sense?

by Frank Barlin on June 30, 2008 in Editorial, Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare, Investors

(Update below) Or perhaps, why has it taken so long. The homecare market has several business segments, ranging from care services to ambulatory home dialysis, lower value home patient aids, wheelchairs as well as higher margin and faster growing segments like respiratory and diabetic care. One of these segments is sleep therapy. Sleep apnea is [...]

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The New York Times Slams Congress On Medicare And National Competitive Bidding Delays -Names Industry Players

by Frank Barlin on June 25, 2008 in Editorial, Home Healthcare

The story and the argument is not particularly new. What is somewhat new is the direct and stern criticism leveled directly at certain companies that the New York Times allege directly benefit from this delay. They name Invacare, Pride, Praxair and the Scooter Store and criticize Invacare’s Cara Bachenheimer who they allege does not want [...]

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Why Invest In Homecare? – Revisited – Blackstone Bids For Apria

by Frank Barlin on June 20, 2008 in Editorial, Home Healthcare, Investors

Blackstone group has bid a 33% premium to take homecare services and distribution company Apria private. The Blackstone investment is $920 million which is big in the homecare industry although relatively modest in Blackstone terms. All this despite the homecare industry cries of Medicare foul over the what is clearly the biggest pressure on pricing [...]

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Drucker Labs Looking For International Distributors – Complete, Comprehensive Multivitamin -Clinicals

by admin on June 16, 2008 in Healthcare Marketing

Scott Slocum Drucker Labs (contact details below) Drucker Labs is looking for International distributors of the most complete and comprehensive all in one multivitamin line: Below is an article written on the most recent clinical study performed on intraMAX from Drucker Labs. By Lisa Tully, PhD (May 12, 2008) Drucker Labs intraMAXÔ significantly improves cellular [...]

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Permobil Acquires Lifestand France

by Frank Barlin on June 1, 2008 in All, Editorial, Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare, Investors

This acquisition comes as no surprise and fits not only with the Permobil value added product line but establishes a larger footprint in the French market – a market so far largely shunned by other large Nordic players like Etac and Handicare. This represents another investment for Nordic Capital, relatively new owner of Permobil. It [...]

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