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There's excitement in the air at Hørsholm-based Technolution, as the company will be bought by US-based MGS | Photo: Technolution / Pr

US contract manufacturer acquires Danish consultancy firm

Medical device maker MGS is taking over another company in Denmark.

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Olympus ramps up digital ambitions after AI endoscopy acquisition

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Foto: Ambu / Pr

Ambu blames hospital staff shortage for European setback

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Foto: Beta Bionics/pr

Beta Bionics granted FDA approval for bionic pancreas

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The Russians that are already using Coloplast products can continue to do so while Ambu has "just about" discontinued sales in the country. | Foto: Maxim Zmeyev/reuters/ritzau Scanpix

Difficult company exits from Russia confirm Coloplast's choice to stay

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Olympus reports double-digit growth in several endoscope areas

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  • Chief Executive Officer of Coloplast Kristian Villumsen. | Foto: Stine Bidstrup

    Coloplast wants data on new ostomy product before deciding market viability

    Coloplast CEO Kristian Villumsen says data for ostomy leakage product Heylo is expected to be ready after the summer, with launch still scheduled for 2023.

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  • Coloplast and its CFO, Anders Lonning Skovgaard, still struggle to fire up growth on the Chinese market, but the company is now recommencing a list of sales activities. | Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Chinese problems halt growth – but optimism is spreading at Coloplast

    Coloplast finally amps up sales activities in China following the country’s lengthy Covid-19 shutdown.

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  • Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Coloplast grows according to plan, adjusts expectations slightly

    However, a currency headwind draws down figures closer to home.

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  • Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Analyst: Restricted hospital access in China to dampen Coloplast's quarterly growth

    An analyst predicts that the Danish medtech company has faced headwinds in the second quarter of 2022/2023, which will be revealed on Thursday.
  • It's possibly Coloplast's new catheter, Luja, that the company is measuring up against competing market products in clinical trials.

    Coloplast to compare new single-use catheter with competing product

    A new crossover study is meant to determine whether a new catheter from Coloplast is better than US Hollister’s catheter for women.

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  • Foto: Ambu/pr

    Analyst: Ambu disappoints on key figures despite positive top line

    Wednesday’s financial report from Ambu is disappointing in terms of overall results and the bottom line. However, the top line development is positive, is the evaluation from Sydbank analyst.

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  • Foto: Ambu/pr

    Ambu's revenues and earnings disappoint despite top-line growth

    Growth in the second quarter is a little weaker than the consensus estimate, while the Danish medtech company’s profit has seen a sharp year-over-year drop. 

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  • Foto: Ambu/pr

    Analyst sees Ambu endoscope sales as driving growth

    Sydbank analyst Søren Løntoft Hansen expects Ambu’s core business, anaesthesia and patient monitoring, to experience a more moderate growth in the coming report for Q2.

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  • Foto: Pr / Bavarian Nordic

    Ambu finds new COO at biotech firm

    Henrik Birk has previously served as chief operating officer at Bavarian Nordic.

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  • Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Coloplast improves pulmonary health in recent study

    Coloplast’s new range of heat and moisture exchangers and adhesives, dubbed Provox Life, improves pulmonary health and quality of life for people living with laryngectomy.

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  • Ambu's new factory is not yet at full capacity, meaning electricity use per product is high | Foto: Ambu / Pr

    Mexico plant weighs down Ambu's climate account

    Though a newly established plant in Juárez is halting Ambu’s climate efforts, CEO Britt Meelby Jensen won’t resort to buying green certificates there, like it already does in China.

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  • Ambu did not make the development of a second-generation laryngoscope a top priority, and is therefore now falling behind a competitor on the market | Foto: Ambu/pr

    Ambu competitor takes the lead in US and UK

    While Ambu was busy focusing on its gastroscopy area, US-based Verathon launched a product for airway procedures. ”They’ve got a head start,” says Ambu’s CEO, Britt Meelby Jensen.

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  • The acquisition of Atos Medical was the biggest in Coloplast's history | Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Coloplast's newest business area could become its biggest

    Atos Medical could accelerate growth and, in the long term, become the Danish medtech company’s most important business leg, says the unit’s chief.

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  • VivaSight can now again be employed by doctors and nurses after the product was removed from the market for almost a year | Foto: Ambu/pr

    Ambu relaunches formerly recalled product

    Since May of last year, the Danish medtech company has been working on correcting a safety flaw on a key product within its pulmonology suite.

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  • Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Coloplast testing silicone dressing against standard care

    In a clinical trial, the Danish medtech company will demonstrate that the Biatain Silicone dressing is better than commonly used wound care products.

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  • Juan Jose Gonzalez, new CEO of PolyPeptide Group. | Foto: Ambu/pr

    Former Ambu CEO to spearhead Swiss biotech company

    Juan Jose Gonzalez, who was let go from Ambu in May 2022, finds himself another chief executive position.

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  • It is rather new for Coloplast to be conducting clinical trials of its equipment, says one analyst | Foto: Coloplast / Pr

    Analyst: Coloplast study attests to Luja as premium product

    The Danish medtech company showed up a competitor last week in a study of a new male catheter product. 

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  • Nicolai Buhl, executive vice president for innovation at Coloplast, is busy winning a clinical contest against a catheter competitor | Foto: Mik Eskestad

    Coloplast challenges its biggest catheter competitor in clinical contest

    The Danish medtech company seeks to take market shares from US-based Hollister by comparing respective catheters, hoping to charge a higher price.

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  • Foto: Ambu/pr

    Ambu wins European approval of two fifth-generation bronchoscopes

    With two recent approvals, the Danish medtech company says it now offers a full portfolio of single-use bronchoscopes.

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  • Foto: Synlab / Pr

    Novo Holdings could earn big on acquisition bid for Synlab

    With 17% ownership of the laboratory services provider, Novo Holdings would likely make a pretty penny if an acquisition offer is accepted. 

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