Company
(division of)


2006 Revenues
($ billions)


2005 Revenues
($ billions)


Variance
(%)



Stock Ticker

Johnson & Johnson Inc.

20.283

19.096

6.2

NYSE: JNJ

GE Healthcare (General Electric Co.)

16.562

15.153

9.3

NYSE: GE

Medtronic Inc.1

12.097
11.003
9.9
NYSE: MDT

Siemens Medical Solutions2 (Siemens AG)

11.230
10.745
4.5
NYSE: SI

Baxter International Inc.

10.378
9.849
5.0
NYSE: BAX

Tyco Healthcare (Tyco International Ltd.)

9.800
9.511
3.0
NYSE: TYC

Philips Medical Systems2 (Royal Philips Electronics)

8.495
7.992
6.3
NYSE: PHG

Boston Scientific Corp.

7.821
6.283
24.8
NYSE: BSX

Abbott3

6.197
4.964
24.8
NYSE: ABT

Becton Dickinson & Co.

5.923
5.520
7.3
NYSE: BDX

Stryker Corp.

5.406
4.872
11.0
NYSE: SYK

Cardinal Health Inc.4

4.063
3.726
9.0
NYSE: CAH

3M Healthcare (3M Company)

4.011
3.760
6.7
NYSE: MMM

Zimmer Holdings Inc.

3.495
3.286
6.4
NYSE: ZMH

St. Jude Medical Inc.

3.302
2.915
13.3
NYSE: STJ

Smith & Nephew plc3

2.779
2.446
13.6
NYSE: SNN

Kodak Health Group (Eastman Kodak Co.)

2.497
2.665
6.0
NYSE: EK

Synthes Inc.

2.392
2.078
15.1
VTX: SYST.VX

Alcon Inc.

2.204
2.017
9.3
NYSE: ACL

Beckman Coulter Inc.

2.131
2.067
3.1
NYSE: BEC

Totals

141.066
129.938
8.6
 

1Revenues for the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007.
2Financial data originally reported in euros; average conversion rate for 2006: € = $1.26.
3Estimated: Abbott does not completely delineate all medical product revenues.
4Estimate of product-only revenues provided by Cardinal Health.

Reported revenues of world's top 20 public medtech firms for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, regardless of fiscal year. Only divisions reporting medical product revenues are included; pharmaceutical, consumer-product, and healthcare services divisions are excluded. All financial data obtained from company financial reports.