Cochlear

fool | May 13, 2016

Investors are going crazy for shares in hearing implant provider Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), pushing the company’s share price up 21% so far in 2016. So what’s all the fuss about? Part of the appeal is undoubtedly the growing recognition that healthcare stocks have been a great way to earn returns above the bank laden S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO). Cochlear is included in the strong performing S&P/ASX 200 Health Care Index (Index: ASX: XHJ) along with CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) and Fisher &...

Apple | July 27, 2017

Apple is continuing to bolster its profile in the medtech space, this time through Australian cochlear implant maker Cochlear Limited. The medical device business is launching the first implant sound processor made for iPhones, iPads and iPods in September after receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June. Sound processors send signals to the electrodes in a cochlear implant that has been surgically placed in the inner ear, or cochlea, for people who are hard-of-hearin...

MedCity News | January 14, 2020

Digital health companies have caught the eye of prominent corporate VCs. But funding rounds aside, they’ve still struggled to gain traction in a risk-averse industry. Audience members at a panel during J.P. Morgan Healthcare asked, will it take a marriage of the technology and pharmaceutical industries for them to succeed? So many companies today aren’t just life science companies or technology companies. They’re some combination of the two, said Stacy Feld, head of Johns...

MedCity News | January 13, 2020

Healthcare analytics company Arcadia raised $29.5 million in new funding. The growth capital round was led by Cigna Ventures, with participation from past investors. Burlington, Massachusetts-based Arcadia integrates with more than 40 different electronic health record companies. It aggregates and analyzes records data to help hospitals and accountable care organizations meet metrics for value-based care. The company also develops tools to identify gaps in patient care and find ways to improve o...