Today, Boston Scientific shared its financial results for the second quarter of 2024.
Overall, we generated net sales of $4.120 billion during the second quarter of 2024, growing 14.5 percent on a reported basis and 14.7 percent on an organic basis compared to the prior year period.
We also achieved net sales growth in each of our reportable segments, with 9 percent reported growth and 7.6 percent organic growth1 in MedSurg and 17.8 percent reported growth and 19 percent organic growth1 in Cardiovascular compared to the prior year period.
"We delivered a quarter marked by exceptional performance, reflecting our global team’s relentless pursuit of innovation that is supported by strong clinical evidence and investments aligned with our strategy of category leadership,” says Mike Mahoney, chairman and chief executive officer, Boston Scientific. “We remain excited about our plans for the future, and I am incredibly grateful for the commitment and winning spirit of our employees around the world.”
Additional highlights:
- We received National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approval in China for the FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System.
- We initiated the U.S. launch of the AGENT™ Drug-Coated Balloon, indicated to treat in-stent restenosis in patients with coronary artery disease, and received NMPA approval for the device in China.
- We announced an agreement to acquire Silk Road Medical, Inc., a publicly traded medical technology company that commercialized a platform of products to prevent stroke in patients with carotid artery disease, subject to customary closing conditions.
- We presented outcomes from studies involving the FARAPULSE PFA System, the Modular CRM (mCRM™)2 System and the Intracept Intraosseous Nerve Ablation System at relevant clinical meetings.
For the full Boston Scientific earnings announcement and more business highlights from the second quarter of 2024, see the press release.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of health care. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and connect on LinkedIn and X, formerly Twitter.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
This release contains non-GAAP measures in talking about the company’s performance. The reconciliations of those non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP measures are included below.
Net sales for the second quarter by business:
Amounts may not add due to rounding. Growth rates are based on actual, non-rounded amounts and may not recalculate precisely.
Net sales growth rates that exclude the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and/or the impact of acquisitions/divestitures are not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
1 Organic net sales growth excludes the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and net sales attributable to acquisitions and divestitures for which there are less than a full period of comparable net sales. The GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to organic net sales is net sales reported on a GAAP basis.
2 The EMPOWER Leadless Pacemaker is an investigational device and limited by U.S. law to investigational use only. It is not available for sale. Some device references are for informational purposes only and are pending CE Mark. Not available in the European Economic Area.