John C. McCormickManaging DirectorMr. McCormick’s primary responsibilities are in private equity investing and as a senior member of the HealthpointCapital research team. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Scient'x, S.A. He has been publishing regularly on the orthopedics industry and medical technology for five years with principal areas of focus being spine surgery, sports medicine and capital markets analysis. Prior to the formation of HealthpointCapital, Mr. McCormick spent six years in the private equity field as a Principal at BPI Capital Partners, LLC, beginning in 1996 as Finance Director of Physician Support Systems, Inc. (PSS). He became a Principal at BPI Capital after the successful sale of PSS. Between 1991 and 1994, Mr. McCormick was an Associate with Baker Nye, LP, a $600 million private investment fund dedicated to merger arbitrage, special situations and private equity. In addition, he worked one year on-site in a senior operating role at a Baker Nye portfolio company. Mr. McCormick started his career as a macroeconomic and financial analyst at the World Bank in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research. Mr. McCormick received a BSc. with honors from London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. Recent Articles by John McCormick
Medtronic Holds Analyst Day JUN 3, 2009Yesterday, medical device giant Medtronic, Inc. held an "analyst day" in Minneapolis for equity analysts to comb over numbers and get a hearing with management on new strategies and technologies. The key theme was innovation. Given Medtronic's multi-dimensional nature, the... more FDA Approves Medtronic's Bryan Cervical Disc MAY 29, 2009Medtronic received long-awaited FDA approval for its Bryan cervical disc on May 12. The device received a favorable FDA panel recommendation in July of 2007, just a day after Medtronic's Prestige disc was approved for market launch. Under the conditions... more Spine Arthroplasty 9: London Calling MAY 7, 2009If any spine surgeon congress serves as a litmus test on sentiment concerning new surgical technology, the Spine Arthroplatsy Society ("SAS") meeting is the one. SAS was founded nearly 10 years ago by forward thinking surgeons and technology developers seeking... more Judge Dismisses Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Medtronic Surgeons MAR 27, 2009Last Friday, federal judge Richard Stearns dismissed the well-publicized whistleblower lawsuit alleging that certain spine surgeons accepted kickbacks for using Medtronic's spinal implants. He also blocked a motion by the two women to file an amended complaint. The lawsuit accused... more Stem Cell Summit Takeaways: Our Perspective FEB 19, 2009Robin Young's Fourth Annual Stem Cell Summit was about as far removed as you could get from the grim economic headlines. Companies at the summit were presenting in the halo of a market forecast suggesting that this current $65 million... more |
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