Japan and Medical Device Makers

Reuters notes that Japan is the second-largest market for medical devices. Some of our Buy List stocks will be impacted.

Other device makers with large sales in Japan include Boston Scientific Corp (BSX), with 12 percent of total sales in Japan, St Jude Medical Inc (STJ) and Wright Medical Group Inc (WMGI) at 11 percent each, Stryker Corp (SYK) at 10 percent and Zimmer Holdings Inc (ZMH) at 9 percent.

Diversified companies Medtronic Inc (MDT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT) are less exposed with 5 percent to 6 percent of sales coming from Japan.

Posted by on March 16th, 2011 at 8:54 am


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