Zoll discusses GE/Cardiac Science deal
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
While "GE has been in the defibrillation business a few times," Zoll Medical CEO Richard Packer says the firm "never really goes at it with full force" as "they see [defibrillation] as complimentary" to their business, rather than "necessary." The exec's comments, which came June 15 at a Thomas Weisel conference, responded to a question about whether Zoll expected to feel any impact from Cardiac Science's recently inked North American distribution agreement with GE Healthcare for the PowerHeart ECD defibrillator (1"The Gray Sheet" May 9, 2005, p. 25). Zoll manufacturers the LifeVest defibrillator...