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[Anonymous]

Who is running Valleylab?

There is no valleylab , get out of the past .

 

[Anonymous]

Roflmao. Think again.

MDT isn't really into capital. Why you think respiratory purchased Newport? Fills out the portfolio with mid range vents and makes it more attractive to sell.

Really? The fastest growing division Surgical Technologies is a majority capital.

 

[Anonymous]

Really? The fastest growing division Surgical Technologies is a majority capital.

I think the point they were trying to make is Medtronic is a procedural device company. Vents don't exactly fit into the mix.

Base component for valleylab-ebd-surgical is capital but there's a bit more to it in terms of recurring revenue than a vent.

 

[Anonymous]

There is no valleylab , get out of the past .

Valleylab being sold to Olympus

 

[Anonymous]

Valleylab being sold to Olympus

Oh really.............

 

[Anonymous]

Why not?

 

[Anonymous]

Valleylab being sold to Olympus

Huh? Medtronic has an energy business so why would this make sense?

 

[Anonymous]

Huh? Medtronic has an energy business so why would this make sense?

since thunderbeat has taken so much of your market share they have just decided to up and dump the whole franchise.

 

[Anonymous]

Huh? Medtronic has an energy business so why would this make sense?

Redundancy = Layoffs?

 

[Anonymous]

Valleylab being sold to Olympus

Reasons MDT will not sell "Valleylab":

1. Electrosurgery is still a relatively high margin business.
2. Covidien dominates both the electrosurgery and vessel sealing markets.
3. Ligasure is the gold standard and the best is yet come.

 

[Anonymous]

It's one week per year of service at Medtronic, though they will probably follow Covidien's past practices if layoffs are neccessary, which I doubt they will be.

 

[Anonymous]

Minimal damage will be done re reps and managers.

The companies really don't overlap and everyone is just speculating at this point as to what will happen. The higher ups in Ma is a different story. "It’s expected that there will be some synergies in headquarters jobs, and the companies will address that as part of the integration planning,” said Covidien vice president Peter Lucht.

"Medtronic chief financial officer Gary Ellis today said the cost savings from the Covidien acquisition will come initially from combining administrative and back-office operations and later from the consolidation of manufacturing plants and information technology systems around the globe."

What a load of crap... Massive layoffs will happen

 

[Anonymous]

The negativity in this thread is pathetic.

 

[Anonymous]

Reasons MDT will not sell "Valleylab":

1. Electrosurgery is still a relatively high margin business.
2. Covidien dominates both the electrosurgery and vessel sealing markets.
3. Ligasure is the gold standard and the best is yet come.

Do people and players in the industry think EbD (fka Valleylab) will be about the same, better, or A WHOLE LOT BETTER as Medtronic vs. where they are out now?

 

[Anonymous]

I expect Ebd will remain mostly unchanged. It do expect further pricing errosion as MDT bundles this with its pumps, pacers, spine stuff in large contracts.

 

[Anonymous]

The negativity in this thread is pathetic.

And you are delightfully naive.

 

[Anonymous]

Naivety can be a strength in times of change. Could it be that the products aren't the question, rather the consolidation of the sales force and product responsibilities?

 

[Anonymous]

I expect Ebd will remain mostly unchanged. It do expect further pricing errosion as MDT bundles this with its pumps, pacers, spine stuff in large contracts.

But wouldn't pricing erosion relative to EbD just accelerate or add to more off-shoring/outsourcing (of EbD)?

 

[Anonymous]

Price erosion isn't going to be the issue unless they are going to cheapen the product lines.

 

[Anonymous]

Price erosion isn't going to be the issue unless they are going to cheapen the product lines.

EbD is already cheapening the product line via Asian R&D and manufacture, no? This would likely accelerate and intensify under MDT ownership.