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Medical Instruments & Supplies
Composite Value: 1001.9
Today's Change: -0.35%
S&P 500: -0.27%		chart for [Medical Instruments & Supplies (^YHOh790)]
Medical Instruments & Supplies News
Boston Scientific's SpyGlass(R) Direct Visualization System to Be Prominently Featured at Digestive Disease Week(R)
2 hours, 22 minutes ago (PR Newswire)
Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that results from an international, multi-center patient registry documenting the safety and clinical utility of the SpyGlassŪ Direct Visualization System will be presented at Digestive Disease WeekŪ , which runs from May 17-22 in San Diego, CA.
• Opening Glance: Health care equipment and supplies - (AP)
• Mindray to Hold Conference Call to Discuss the Integration Plan and Closing of the Acquisition of Datascope Corp.'s Patient Monitoring Business - (PR Newswire)
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Industry Top Performers
Intraday Price Performance% ChangeMarket Cap
SAFESTITCH MEDICAL, [SFES.OB] +23.40% $0
NANOSPHERE, INC. [NSPH] +12.88% $0
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SCIE [MELA] +8.26% $0
BOVIE MEDICAL CORP [BVX] +6.72% $28.5 M
YOUNG INNOVATIONS [YDNT] +5.01% $346.0 M
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Market Capitalization% ChangeMarket Cap
ALCON INC [ACL] -0.53% $46.3 B
BAXTER INTL INC [BAX] +0.04% $38.8 B
STRYKER CP [SYK] +0.21% $26.4 B
COVIDIEN LTD [COV] -0.96% $24.6 B
BECTON DICKINSON CO [BDX] -0.97% $21.1 B
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Upcoming Events
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05/15/08 AIS Antares Pharma, Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2008)
05/15/08 DSCI.OB Derma Sciences Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2008)
05/15/08 DXR Daxor Q1 2008 Earnings Release
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05/13/08 ISR ISORAY INC downside earnings surprise (-12.50%)
05/13/08 PODD INSULET CORPORATION downside earnings surprise (-30.36%)
05/12/08 ACL ALCON INC coverage initiated by Citigroup
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Industry Statistics
Market Capitalization:224B
Price / Earnings:41.2
Price / Book:15.0
Net Profit Margin (mrq):7.9%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):1166.8
Return on Equity:8.8%
Total Debt / Equity:0.4
Dividend Yield:1.2%
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