TOS in media and...Hopefully we will see TOS/Getinge in the trade rags much more often through H2. Good article below.
Also, as of yesterday and according to the FDA Maude DB we can see that the VP4 is being used in hospitals and so far there have been no issues reported regarding efficacy in use or safety. Working as advertised !!
If anyone has access to report updates it would be good to see what the sell side guys are saying now that they have had a chance to more fully consider SPC's largely bogus report. Anyone?
GLTA Dan
PS. As an aside and a bit of a rant .... yes we all want installation data and moreover some kind of reading regarding uptake (as does SPC), but in my experience as party to many technology distribution agreements we would we never disclose such information in a report. Aside from the simple fact that NDA's exist between TOS, Getinge and every single hospital and end user legally preventing such disclosure. There is also the competitive side where sales opportunities are considered dynamic until the P.O. is in and 'customer acceptance' is signed off. So while a competitor may know something of our installed base that may even be relatively accurate at any given point in time, it is something that changes constantly and we'd prefer they continue to guess Q/Q as opposed to giving them any opportunity to disrupt near term sales targets.
That said, and I hope Rick and Glen are reading this, with express Getinge and customer permission we could disclose certain high profile accounts if it makes sense, or perhaps disclose information like "we have (n) customers with >10 units installed and on order, (n) with 5 or more, 20 customers with 2 or more and .... actual installs etc.
PSS> I don't post often but I do appreciate the many insightful contributions made by others. Thank you!