Medtronic Quotes

The combination of Guidant and Johnson & Johnson is a stronger threat to Medtronic. - Jan Wald

Patients may also get discouraged given the [implantable heart defibrillator] recall activity that has occurred at Guidant and to a lesser extent at Medtronic and St. Jude of late. - John Calcagnini

Overall, we believe that the earnings outlook for Medtronic is the strongest in the industry, and Medtronic remains the one company that we have the most confidence in with respect to delivering on its earnings guidance. - Glenn Novarro

Medtronic I think is a great way to play sort of everyone getting older, as they say, the aging baby boom. They have a new product out that was approved last winter. It does two different things. An implantable device, and I'm not sure I'd explain it all well enough, but it's the next generation from the old pacemakers. And they have just over the past week implanted that for the first time in a patient and that's a whole great new product cycle about to start. - Liz Miller

Looking ahead, Medtronic is exceptionally well-positioned to maintain its growth momentum... Significant investment in research and development promises to usher in a new era of medical technology, with continued advances in multi-chamber cardiac pacing, the increased use of device-biologic combinations, and the increasing role of information technology in transforming physician practice and patient care. - Art Collins

Despite disruptive market dynamics, Medtronic's ICD revenue growth expectations have not changed. We remain committed to growth of about 20 percent or better this quarter. - Rob Clark