Home health products supplier Invacare (NYSE:IVC) is still enmeshed in negotiations with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over a possible shutdown of some wheelchair production at an Elyria, Ohio plant.In December, Invacare announced that the FDA had asked it to enter into a legal agreement that would require the company to suspend “certain” wheelchair [...]

Invacare (NYSE:IVC) plans to move production of a line of manual wheelchairs to Mexico from Ohio, as the home health products company is in the midst of negotiating a legal settlement with the FDA over issues with wheelchair production in the Elyria, Ohio, plant.The Cleveland-area company will shift production of its Solara line of manual [...]

Looking at a possible shutdown of a wheelchair manufacturing facility, home health products maker Invacare (NYSE:IVC) has hired a new compliance and regulatory executive.Doug Uelmen has joined the Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare as senior vice president of quality assurance and regulatory affairs. He boasts more than 30 years experience in quality and regulatory roles, with much [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked home health products maker Invacare (NYSE:IVC) to enter into a legal agreement that would require the company to suspend “certain” wheelchair manufacturing operations.Under the terms of the FDA’s proposal, Invacare would be required to suspend those operations at its Elyria, Ohio factory until the agency determines that [...]

Home health products manufacturer Invacare (NYSE:IVC) has acquired a negative-pressure wound therapy system to be sold through its rental business for long-term care providers.But the Elyria, Ohio-based company wouldn’t reveal much more than that, such as the deal’s price or the company it acquired the technology from.Invacare revealed the acquisition in its (pdf) third-quarter earnings [...]

As Invacare (NYSE:IVC) grapples with what it calls “slowness” in its markets, the medical equipment supplier illustrated with a recent acquisition one market in which it sees potential: rentals to long-term care providers like nursing homes and assisted-living facilities.The Elyria, Ohio-based company (pdf) announced last week when releasing its third-quarter earnings that it had purchased [...]

Home health equipment maker Invacare (NYSE:IVC) is laying off about 50 workers worldwide, citing a difficult economy and declining reimbursements to its customers.The layoffs are primarily hitting office workers and affect less than 1 percent of the Elyria, Ohio-based company’s 6,200 global workers, spokeswoman Lara Mahoney said.Mahoney partially blamed the layoffs on falling reimbursements to [...]

var page_count = “off”; if (typeof OAS_rdl == “undefined”) {document.write(“”); page_count = “on”;}var MMI_ClickURL = “”; var OAS_searchterms = “”;var OAS_taxonomy =”muid=0″;var MMI_RNS = (new String(Math.random())).substring(2, 11);var MMI_URL=”http://msite.martiniadnetwork.com/index/?pid=12005806154e90a4e91c116&sid=2048469434eb2fbee11a56&loc=”+ encodeURIComponent(window.location.toString()) + “&rnd=” + MMI_RNS;MMI_ClickURL += ((MMI_ClickURL.split(“/”).length – 1) % 2 )? “/”: “”;if (document.referrer [...]

Home health products maker Invacare (NYSE: IVC) reported that a controversial new Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment has had “no significant impact” on its business.The Elyria, Ohio-based company said it expects the program to be “neutral” to its 2011 earnings, according to a statement announcing its second-quarter financial performance.The first round of [...]

Home health equipment manufacturer Invacare (NYSE: IVC) has added the president and CEO of Cleveland nonprofit BioEnterprise to its board.Baiju Shah will join Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare’s board of directors, according to a company statement.BioEnterprise was started in 2002 to help Northeast Ohio biomedical companies grow their businesses. Prior to BioEnterprise, Shah worked with consulting firm [...]