Mabel Adams Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I heard a rumor that Ortho is thinking of getting out of the blood banking reagent business. Has anyone else heard such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deny Morlino Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 A vague rumor I think I heard too. Seems like they are spinning off pieces of BB at least (i.e. Rhogam). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbostock Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They have also re-assigned their BB specialists to be generalists, covering mostly Chemistry products. So that's a little suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvy1 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I did hear the Johnson and Johnson is considering selling Ortho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansket Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I did hear the Johnson and Johnson is considering selling OrthoSo did I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Maybe that is why I have not seen my quote Ortho Rep. Also, maybe that is a good reason why I did not get any flack for installing a Echo instead of a Provue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodchild Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I know in our area they consolidated the reps. We used to see our previous rep almost once a month and she was very involved with reagent problems, etc. Since the change a few months back we haven't seen the new guy once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricore Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I have seen it in print several times that J&J is looking to sell off the BB and manybe all of the diagnostices. They already sold the RHOGAM to Kedrion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashmira patel Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It is in consideration. See the linkshttp://www.radmailer.com/t/ViewEmail/r/10AD2E2E2C3715EB/9D9C8F97231376DCC9C291422E3DE149http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/j-j-s-forecast-misses-analyst-estimates.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aafrin Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Yes, they have sold off RHOGAm and are in the process of selling Ortho Diagnostic Division. Edited March 12, 2013 by aafrin spelling mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This has been an ongoing project for J&J since the late 80's. They have never found a buyer that could meet their price. Price is the bottom line for all J&J afiliates and the Diagnostics Division has never met the required profit margin. Blood Bank is a mature market where many of the customers buy on price rather than quality. Still no matter what happens I do not believe the product line will just drop off the market. The other small companies out there may see this as an opportunity to get a bigger foothold in the market. Immucor has bought anyone else of consequence so I can't see them buying the Ortho line. Let's hope wherever the company does end up it is with an investor that will but some money into R&D. We need to keep competion in the market healthy so that we can keep providing better, faster care for our patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Adams Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think Immucor is committed to a future in molecular so won't want to buy Ortho. Also, they were bought awhile back by an investment company that does turn-arounds I think so they may not be in a position to buy it. I would like Bio-Rad to buy Ortho and market the machine Ortho is planning instead of their older automated platform--but then I guess we would be back to no competition on gel reagents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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