Getinge Interim Report January-June 2022: Recovery in elective surgery overshadowed by external challenges
“Order intake and net sales declined organically by 5% and 7.5% respectively in the quarter, which however ended with increased order intake,” says Mattias Perjos, President & CEO. ”Our customers are planning for a normal flu season in the second half of the year, which is expected to result in a recovery in ICU products”.The performance for the quarter as a whole was impacted by reduced production of COVID-19 vaccines and the number of patients requiring life support in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) declining significantly more than both the health care sector and Getinge had predicted,