Tag Archives: acquisitions

Sunrise Medical Divests Patient Aid (Guardian) Business To Medline – What’s Next

by Frank Barlin on November 10, 2008 in China Manufacturing, Editorial, Home Healthcare, Investors

Sunrise announced that they have divested their US and South America Guardian business. (by the way the Guardian brand was never strong in their European business). Sunrise CEO Michael N. Cannizzaro said: For Sunrise Medical this is an important step in our strategy of being the industry’s leading Mobility and Seating Company. We will work [...]

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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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