The new wHing powered wheelchair, designed and built in France may offer wheelchair users several distinct advantages over current products in the French and perhaps other markets. This is the second innovative French powered wheelchair in the recent past – the first being Topchair which we blogged about here. wHing was developed by SEGULA Technologies [...]
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More From The French Homecare Market – Euromedis Announces Steady Growth in 2011 And Double Digit for 2012
Guest post from FG: Steady growth in 2011 for EUROMEDIS and 12% expected in 2012: After heavy restructuring, the manufacturing & distribution group for disposable medical supply and which operates the PARAMAT franchises in France, is not considering any new acquisitions, and is looking forward to grasp the benefits of both a 1,5 MEUR investment [...]
Who Said It Can’t Be Done – Vilgo French Homecare Company Grows With 100% France Production
Despite the rush to Asian outsourcing trend and the “stereotype” of expensive French manufacturing, HMS-Vilgo a French based manufacturer makes “100% made in France” medical / homecare beds. Not only that, CEO Patrick Jude has grown the business from about 1000 beds to 24000 beds per year from 1997 and remarks that they have used [...]
Homecare Opportunities France And Visit Nice
Autonomic Méditerranée – Homecare, Mobility and Rehab trade event held in Nice, France – Decemeber 2-3, 2010. Great place to find out about the industry in an exciting venue. Autonomic Méditerranée.
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 [...]
LVL Medical France – Suspends Trading Awaiting Announcement
Update: LVL have a stock repurchase plan (yet to be approved). The proposed price represents an approximate premium of 30%. More (in French). LVL Medical, a major homecare provider in France requested Tuesday that it’s shares be suspended from trading pending an announcement on Thursday (September 9, 2010) morning. More information (in French): LEAD 1 [...]
Homecare Market France Up-trend Versus Previous Reimbursement Challenge (French – English)
Reimbursement pressures subside in France – French homecare market a growth opportunity – cautious optimism… Bastide, a French public traded homecare provider reports revenue up move of 3,5% Q2 2009 – 2010. This follows the troublesome legislative change in “les Etablissements d’Hébergement pour Personnes Agées Dépendantes (EHPAD)” (read Institutional reimbursement), the negative effect of which [...]
EDAP Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Approval for Sonolith I-Sys – Shares Jump On News
France based EDAP has announced 510k approval for it’s new lithotripsy device. Marc Oczachowski, EDAP’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very pleased that the U.S. FDA has granted 510(k) approval for Sonolith I-Sys, which marks a clear milestone for EDAP, further validates our technology and supports our objective to expand the Sonolith I-Sys into [...]
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