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Medtronic said it would exit ventilator production which it described as an "increasingly unprofitable" product line.

Galway plant to remain 'important facility' for Medtronic

Medical device maker Medtronic has today raised annual profit forecast for the third time this fiscal, banking on higher demand for its heart and diabetes devices.

Business • 20 Feb 24

Philips had to recall millions of breathing devices and ventilators used to treat sleep apnea in 2021

Philips agrees deal with FDA over ventilator recall

Dutch health technology company Philips said today it had reached an agreement on the terms of a settlement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a large-scale recall of ventilators.

Business • 29 Jan 24

Philips has estimated it would replace up to 4 million ventilators and respiratory devices because of a polyurethane foam part that might degrade and become toxic

Philips shares slide as shortages, recalls hit profits

Philips shares plunged more than 15% today after the Dutch health technology company hiked the cost of its massive recall of ventilators and said earnings would take a big hit from global supply chain shortages.

Business • 12 Jan 22

Philips was one of several firms contracted by the US to supply 187,000 ventilators to the strategic national stockpile to treat patients affected by Covid-19

US scraps Philips ventilator order in earnings blow

Philips said the US Department of Health had cancelled most of an order for 43,000 ventilators, leading the Dutch medical equipment maker to cut its 2020 earnings outlook.

Business • 04 Sep 20

Medtronic will make over 25,000 ventilators available over the next six months

Medtronic will make 1,000 ventilators a week by June

Irish headquartered medical device maker Medtronic says it expects to ramp up production by nearly five-fold to more than 1,000 ventilators per week by June-end, and make over 25,000 devices available over the next six months.

Business • 09 Apr 20

US President Donald Trump to getting US companies to produce essential gear needed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

GM to supply 30,000 ventilators in $500m US contract

The US has awarded automaker General Motors a contract worth $489.4m to make ventilators needed to treat severely sick coronavirus patients.

Business • 08 Apr 20

Colin Keogh from the Open Source Ventilator Ireland project

Global demand for ventilators continues to grow

Increasing numbers of patients critically ill with the coronavirus is fuelling demand for ventilators at hospitals around the world.

Business • 31 Mar 20

Ventilators are in high demand at the moment

Medtronic to share ventilator designs

Irish headquartered medtech firm, Medtronic, is to publicly share the designs for one of its ventilator models to help people across the world to devise options for rapid ventilator manufacturing.

Business • 30 Mar 20

Uk orders 10,000 ventilators from a consortium of leading aerospace, engineering and Formula One racing teams

UK orders 10,000 ventilators from aerospace consortium

Britain has ordered more than 10,000 ventilators from a consortium of leading aerospace, engineering and Formula One racing teams which have met an urgent government plea for help with production due to start this week.