Press: With the new Corpus 3G – SEATING SYSTEM Featuring a clean open design with a flat seat pan and an integrated cable management system, the new Corpus 3G is stylish and sleek with all of the comfort and feel of the original Corpus. Created to fit the contours of the body, the Corpus 3G [...]
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Bastide – France Homecare Provider Shows Strong Incremental Growth
Bastide – le confort medical – a 100 million Euro (approx) publically traded French homecare provider posted Q4 and full year sales and results for 2009 – 2010. Although sales are single digit 3,2% up for the year they are up 12% in the last quarter. Quarterly sales chart (pdf French). This despite a slight [...]
Invacare Announces Tender Offer
Update October 15, 2010: Invacare Announces Extension of Consent Expiration in Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Its 9 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2015. Invacare has announced a tender offer on it’s high interest paying debt which is costing 9,75%. This was obtained while combating reimbursement issues and low cost Asian competition. Releasing this debt [...]
AXURA®/AKATINOL® (Memantine) – New Data For Alzheimers Presented At EFNS
Interesting news on Alzheimers just presented: AXURA®/AKATINOL® (Memantine) enhances language and communication skills in patients with Alzheimers disease new data presented at the EFNS Congress Geneva, Switzerland [September 28, 2010] Memantine enhances language and communication skills in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimers disease (AD), a valuable contribution for patient independence and quality [...]
Kimberly-Clark Creates Innovative Heathcare-Associated Infections (HAI’s) Watchdog
Heathcare-Associated Infections (HAI) involve between 1 and 2 million hospital patients at any given time. The HAI WATCHDOG* Community allows members to start discussions, post photos, videos and even enter the 2010 HAI WATCHDOG* Awards. Entering the awards program not only allows healthcare providers to share and learn from each other, but also gives contest [...]
Leaders In US Health Reform Meet On Telemedicine
As an adjunct to the upcoming American Telemedicine meeting, a summit will be held with key leaders in US health reform. Jonathan D. Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) said: The participation of top officials from federal and state agencies, private payers and industry in this summit indicates the enormous change that will [...]
Sunrise Medical Posts Upbeat Global Results
Sunrise Medical announced revenues of $370 million for mobility products for their year ending June 2010 with strong EBITDA growth. CEO Rossnagel attributes the strong performance to: New products simultaneously introduced on a global scale Global rebranding of the company and it’s products Cost improvement programs On a geographic basis Sunrise improved their leadership position [...]
The European Union Is Raising Tariffs On Wheels From China
This is one of those just thinking aloud posts… If you are from the wheelchair industry you can relax for now. These are car wheels…. but it got me thinking. What would happen if the EU placed a dumping tax on wheelchair wheels in Europe? It just so happens that wheels are often the most [...]
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