Medtronic Continuing to Increase Ventilator Production to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

DUBLIN, March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, continues to make progress in increasing ventilator production worldwide. The company has increased production by more than 40 percent to date and is on track to more than double its capacity to manufacture and supply ventilators in response to the urgent needs of patients and healthcare systems across the globe confronting COVID-19.

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Roche’s cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test to detect novel coronavirus receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization and is available in markets accepting the CE mark

First commercial test for SARS-CoV-2 will enable expedited coronavirus testing to meet urgent medical needs
Testing on widely available, high-volume cobas 6800/8800 will significantly increase available testing capacity
Roche expedites test development to support urgent need for patient testing during pandemic outbreak to avoid a further spread of the virus at an early stage of infectionContinue reading