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Oct
30
2008
This entry was posted by admin on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 10:58 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Industry News, Top News.
John L. Miclot, CEO of Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, announced during the Medtrade Keynote Panel discussion last week that he had resigned from Respironics/Philips, effective in two weeks.
Miclot will head up Clearwater, Fla-based CCS Medical, a nationwide provider of various home care staples such as insulin pumps, incontinence products, and respiratory equipment.
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Dec
21
2007
This entry was posted by admin on Friday, December 21, 2007 at 1:02 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Industry News, Top News.
Respironics, Inc. has announced it’s entered into a merger agreement which will allow Royal Philips Electronics (Philips) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Respironics for USD 66.00 in cash per share, or a total purchase price of approximately USD 5.1 billion. The offer price represents a premium of approximately 31 percent over Respironics’ average closing share price for a period of 30 trading days ending at market closing on December 20, 2007.
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Interesting Apnea Statistics
~~ Apnea in United States ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.
~~ Apnea around the world ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.