How powerful is the needle lobby?

lakon Postaholic BIGGER. LONGER. HARDER. Posts: 753 Sentiment: Long	How powerful is the needle lobby? Apr 2, 2016 4:23:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lakon on Apr 2, 2016 4:23:15 GMT -5 I was watching the movie, Puncture, and it got me thinking. How deep do the problems go?
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How powerful is the needle lobby? Apr 3, 2016 10:51:14 GMT -5 saxcmann likes this

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Post by matt on Apr 3, 2016 10:51:14 GMT -5

Needles are an inexpensive commodity product with thin margins, and the competition is fairly brutal. The big industry players (BD, Sherwood, Terumo, etc.) have enough volume to make some profit contribution, and the commodity products help pull through other new items, but nobody is getting rich off standard syringes and needles. More sophisticated devices, like prefilled pens, are a way to get some extra margin for the insulin (which is where the money is).

garrett Researcher Posts: 118	How powerful is the needle lobby? Apr 4, 2016 5:29:04 GMT -5 bradleysbest, slugworth008, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by garrett on Apr 4, 2016 5:29:04 GMT -5 Who really cares - the needle industry is just a bunch of "pricks"

mnholdem Postaholic Administrator Posts: 7,199 Sentiment: Long	How powerful is the needle lobby? Apr 4, 2016 7:34:25 GMT -5 lakon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mnholdem on Apr 4, 2016 7:34:25 GMT -5 Apr 4, 2016 5:29:04 GMT -5 garrett said: Who really cares - the needle industry is just a bunch of "pricks" garrett, it sure appears that those needle companies really got under your skin.