End of year predictions

Anonymous

Changes coming before the end of the year. One rumor is the ADs will now have CRV responsibility, which will result in the elimination of a few of the ADs.

Sheehan finally out.

What other changes are you hearing?

Anonymous

Possibility of Ray Elliott taking over Medtronic as their CEO

Anonymous said:
What other changes are you hearing?

Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins is retiring in April 2011. MDT Board is actively looking outside for a new CEO. There seem to be some distant unconfirmed rumour is they may be targeting Ray Elliott for the position.

Anonymous

Re: Possibility of Ray Elliott taking over Medtronic as their CEO

Anonymous said:
Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins is retiring in April 2011. MDT Board is actively looking outside for a new CEO. There seem to be some distant unconfirmed rumour is they may be targeting Ray Elliott for the position.

Whatever, he has an EA and non-compete.

Anonymous

Anonymous said:
Changes coming before the end of the year. One rumor is the ADs will now have CRV responsibility, which will result in the elimination of a few of the ADs.

Sheehan finally out.

What other changes are you hearing?

Clock will strike 12....ball will drop in Times Square...somewhere a Boston device will fail...the beat goes on...

Anonymous

Re: Possibility of Ray Elliott taking over Medtronic as their CEO

Anonymous said:
Whatever, he has an EA and non-compete.

Apart from EA and non-compete; Ray will not be interested jumping the ship. He has now started to turn the corner in BSX. The stock price is constantly improving and some new devices in CRM are on their way.

However, the staff morale is low and something must be done in that direction. Ray let go some people who were asset to the BSX and that loss is irreparable.

The Cognis and Teligen are black mark not only on the face of BSX but on the entire CRM industry; with the introduction of new cans C/T cans need to be phased out as soon as possible.

On the basis of current indications BSX will improve considerably in 2011; however it will be a very slow process but will happen.

Anonymous

Re: Possibility of Ray Elliott taking over Medtronic as their CEO

Anonymous said:
Apart from EA and non-compete; Ray will not be interested jumping the ship. He has now started to turn the corner in BSX. The stock price is constantly improving and some new devices in CRM are on their way.

However, the staff morale is low and something must be done in that direction. Ray let go some people who were asset to the BSX and that loss is irreparable.

The Cognis and Teligen are black mark not only on the face of BSX but on the entire CRM industry; with the introduction of new cans C/T cans need to be phased out as soon as possible.

On the basis of current indications BSX will improve considerably in 2011; however it will be a very slow process but will happen.

If C/T's replacements are the answer, how soon is that?

Ironically, C/T (...and the Aurora quality improvement program that they were heralded under...) were supposed to be the answer for the Vitality, Prizm, etc. etc. issues.

As a BSX employee, you have no choice but to believe that the next round of products will be the ones that renew confidence in the company. You want to believe that you won't be explaining a new set of shortcomings to already skeptical physicians.

The good news for BSX is this. EVERYONE was sure that ANY problems with C/T would mean the end of BSX. Then - the cans were pulled! This was it. The 2 months came and went, and here we are still talking about BSX. The customers don't care. Give them a 5% discount on the next bulk and they'll buy whatever. Similar to the Stockholm Syndrome, BSX loyal physicians look upon their BSX reps with empathy instead of disdain, and glibly shake their heads as they sew in the next Cognis...

Anonymous

That EA's are coming due and people are gonna bolt??? especially in places where their former leaders left (there's a list somewhere on this board of like 35/80 regional managers who left in the last 18 months). People follow people not shitty companies.

Anonymous

INCEPTA™, ENERGEN™ and PUNCTUA™ CRTD Devices were approved recently

Anonymous said:
If C/T's replacements are the answer, how soon is that?

..

After I left BSX some three years back, I have lost touch of the new devices in the pipeline. However, are these new devices:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/208703.php

INCEPTA™, ENERGEN™ and PUNCTUA™ CRTDs have been CE Marked recently, I am wondering are these C/T replacements or theey are just old wine in a new bottle?

Can someone confirm?

Anonymous