Earnings Winners and Losers: JNJ, MMSI, ABT, ZBH, SNN, EW, Plus Round-Up

Among the medtech companies who have released their first-quarter 2017 sales and earnings, Johnson & Johnson and Merit Medical Systems reported progress in their long-term plans to reshape their medical device businesses, while Abbott and Zimmer Biomet received some bad news in the quarter. Smith & Nephew shows signs of a turnaround, and perennial "winner" Edwards Lifesciences provided updates on some important developments in their flagship transcatheter valve business.

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With most publicly traded medical device companies having released their sales and earnings figures for the first quarter of 2017, Medtech Insight picks out the winners that reported good news, those that are facing particular challenges, and a few worth paying especially close attention to in the coming months.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) landed in the losers category three months ago, but can count themselves as winners this quarter because of the progress they've made in the ongoing restructuring of their medical device businesses, selling off lower growth units while investing in higher growth franchises

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