Device Week, Aug. 29, 2018 – Medtronic’s Uplifting Figures And Data
Executive Summary
The medtech industry’s No. 1 player, Medtronic, is the focus of this edition of Device Week, as the firm hit the headlines with some impressive first fiscal quarter results and positive data from a trial of its Synchromed II drug infusion pump. Medtech Insight’s Reed Miller and Tina Tan chat about what helped to boost the company’s top- and bottom-lines and delve deeper into the SISTERS trial for Synchromed and the impact these results will have on the company’s pain management business.
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