Health Industry Today articles from January 1999

Health Industry Today archives from January 1999

Market Memo: E-commerce finding its niche, but results a firm - don't know.
January 1, 1999... by John Dalton Medical device manufacturers and marketers, and the buyers they pursue at GPOs and hospitals, agree on one thing: e-commerce is here to stay, but its benefits are a definite - don't know yet. The selling of medical devices and...

IDNs presenting opportunities, challenges to manufacturers.
January 1, 1999... As purchasing organizations grow bigger and the international emphasis on "global village" marketing becomes more than a catch phrase, a lot of device manufacturers and suppliers are thinking smaller. And that means embracing the concept of...

Industry news: Stents: Price gouging or payback time?(Editorial)
January 1, 1999... By Donald E. L. Johnson, Publisher Stent makers are taking some flack from a leading cardiologist for the prices they are charging for stents. Manufacturers are keeping prices "high" despite new competition and the economies of scale they...

Product strategy: Bard Medical looks to new product marketing.
January 1, 1999... Can a unit of a 60-year-old medical device company with divisions spread around the country find happiness with one little ad placed in one trade publication? "It's too early to tell," says vice president of marketing Dan Keating....

Acquisition of AVE completes Medtronic buying.
January 1, 1999... Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., a company that will celebrate its 50th anniversary in April of 1999, is acting like a youngster in the acquisition business by jumping headlong into its fifth deal in as many months, this one a $3.7 billion...

Med device designer impacts use, marketability.
January 1, 1999... Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the beauty of a medical device is in the way it works, says Hiemstra Product Development, San Francisco, Calif., founder and principal Doug Hiemstra. "When I've watched surgeons at work in the...

Contract notes.
January 1, 1999... Allegiance Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, Ill., was awarded a multiyear contract for surgical gloves by Novation, Irving, Tex., the supply company for VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium. The new contract with Novation...

Voice-controlled OR equipment goal of STERIS, Computer Motion deal.
January 1, 1999... The operating room of the future took another step toward realization when STERIS Corporation, Erie, Pa., and Computer Motion, Inc., Goleta, Calif., announced a strategic alliance to develop voice controlled surgical equipment. Under the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 1999... The November 1998 issue of Health Industry Today contains an article ("GE's new CT scanner said primed to 'revitalize' the premium CT market") which incorrectly states that Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, N.J., is 12 to 18 months away from...

Allegations spawn 2nd look: IMDA clarifies position re: claim against GPOs.
January 1, 1999... The industry group representing new, often high-tech medical devices is taking a second look at the allegations of the group calling itself For Patients' Sake. The Independent Medical Distributors Assn., Mission, Kan., which includes...

AROUND THE INDUSTRY.
January 1, 1999... n Allegiance Corporation, McGaw Park, Ill., and Cardinal Health, Dublin, Ohio, have announced that their proposed merger has cleared the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-trust Improvements Action of 1976. The merger, which...

A guideline for companies dealing with the EU.
January 1, 1999... An agreement reached nearly 18 months ago between the United States and the European Union called for the beginning, in June 1998, of a three-year transition period for the Mutual Recognition Agreement - an agreement which is expected to...

TRADE SHOW NOTES: Show biz ...
January 1, 1999... Editor's Note: If a trade show or expo you are or were involved with increased (or decreased) the number of participants, exhibitors or floor space, let HIT know. We're also interested in your reactions to today's trade shows. Contact John...

Trade Show Calendar.
January 1, 1999... Trading places... Here's Health Industry Today's listing of key health care trade shows for the coming months. To add one, contact John Dalton at 303-967-0170, fax 303-290-9025, or e-mail to HIT@businessword.com Dates Meeting Location ...

PRICE & PRODUCTION REPORT.
January 1, 1999... Producer Price Index drops 0.2% in November; Consumer Price Index unchanged from October November '98 % change % change Category unadjusted from previous from previous index month year Blood bank products 130.6 ...

Purchasing Managers: Manufacturing index continues slowdown.
January 1, 1999... Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contined to slow in November when compared to October, according to the latest report from the National Assn. of Purchasing Management. Even so, the overall economy maintained its relentless...

newsmakers.
January 1, 1999... Health Industry Today provides Job Mart listings free of charge to HIT subscribers, provided those subscribers assume full responsibility for handling their own letters of inquiry. Please send notices of executive, manufacturer,...

>TI Bugs in digital imaging?: We all live in a yellow - Volkswagen Beetle.
January 1, 1999... by John Dalton A conversation on an airplane sparked the drive behind the marketing strategy of Lumisys, Sunnyvale, Calif., and the much-traveled life of vice president Scott Evers. "Our new product," said Lumisys president and CEO Phil...