Philips makes $631 mln provision for recall litigation costs – ET HealthWorld

Philips makes 1 mln provision for recall litigation costs – ET HealthWorld

Amsterdam: Philips, a Dutch health technology company on Monday said it had set aside 575 million euros ($631 million) for possible litigation costs related to its global recall of respiratory machines. Amsterdam-based Philips is grappling with the fallout of a global recall of millions of respirators used to treat sleep apnoea, announced in June 2021 … Read more

Philips scraps 6,000 jobs in drive to improve profitability, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Philips scraps 6,000 jobs in drive to improve profitability, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Amsterdam: Dutch health technology company Philips said on Monday it would scrap 6,000 jobs to restore its profitability following a recall of respiratory devices that knocked off 70 per cent of its market value. Half of the job cuts will be made this year, the company said, adding that the other half will be realised … Read more