A year to forget for medtech stocks

After a stormy start to 2022, things have not got much better for medtech players on the stock markets. The sector, once considered a safe haven compared with biotech, emerged from last year just as battered as its more risk-tolerant cousin.

True, a few companies managed to buck the trend and see share price gains, an improvement over the half-year point. But for most of the field 2022 will be a year to forget – and there will be hopes that things do not get worse in the year to come.