1. Medical supplies industry
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Seligman, Phillip M., Rho, George, Berger, Andrew T., Falzone, Scott A., Nugent, Kenneth A., Koller, John, Brachman, Steven, Siracusano, Luciano, III, Virgile, Lucien, Ware, Adam M., Beisler, John, Dellith, Erik C., Bugbee, Brian L., and Owens, Victor
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Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) -- Finance ,Acuson Corp. -- Finance ,ADAC Laboratories Inc. -- Finance ,Allergan Inc. -- Finance ,Alpharma Inc. -- Finance ,AmeriSource Health Corp. -- Finance ,Medtronic Vascular Inc. -- Finance ,Ballard Medical Products -- Finance ,C.R. Bard Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) -- Finance ,Bausch & Lomb Inc. -- Finance ,Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Illinois) -- Finance ,Beckman Coulter Inc. -- Finance ,Bergen Brunswig Corp. -- Finance ,Bindley Western Industries Inc. -- Finance ,Genzyme Corp. -- Finance ,Biomet Inc. -- Finance ,Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. -- Finance ,Boston Scientific Corp. -- Finance ,Cardinal Health Inc. -- Finance ,Centocor Inc. -- Finance ,Collagen Aesthetics Inc. -- Finance ,CONMED Corp. -- Finance ,Datascope Corp. -- Finance ,DENTSPLY International Inc. -- Finance ,Diagnostic Products Corp. -- Finance ,Guidant Corp. -- Finance ,IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -- Finance ,Invacare Corp. -- Finance ,Johnson & Johnson -- Finance ,Life Technologies Inc. -- Finance ,Mallinckrodt Inc. -- Finance ,McKesson Corp. -- Finance ,Medtronic Inc. -- Finance ,Mentor Corp. -- Finance ,MiniMed Inc. -- Finance ,Molecular Biosystems Inc. -- Finance ,Organogenesis Inc. -- Finance ,Owens & Minor Inc. -- Finance ,Patterson Dental Co. -- Finance ,Safeskin Corp. -- Finance ,St. Jude Medical Inc. -- Finance ,Henry Schein Inc. -- Finance ,Schick Technologies Inc. -- Finance ,Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc. -- Finance ,Sola International Inc. -- Finance ,SpaceLabs Medical Inc. -- Finance ,STERIS Corp. -- Finance ,Stryker Corp. -- Finance ,Sunrise Medical Inc. -- Finance ,Technical Chemicals and Products Inc. -- Finance ,Trex Medical Corp. -- Finance ,VISX Inc. -- Finance ,West Company Inc. -- Finance ,Medical equipment and supplies industry -- Finance ,Business ,Business, general - Abstract
Prices and earnings in the medical supplies industry have been under pressure in the late 1990s from government insurance agencies, such as Medicare, and competition within the industry. Reaearch and development, technological innovation, and industry consolidation are some of the methods by which medical supply companies have attempted to cope with the situation. Investors need to consider safety and timeliness factors when evaluating these stocks for selection.
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- 1998