He rapidly climbed the rungs in medical sales, but soon topped out on commission.
One seed is a forthcoming congressional bill that would allow food and medical sales to Cuba.
But a closer look shows the White House going beyond that, by easing the restrictions on licensed medical sales to Cuba, and proposing legislation to "meet humanitarian food needs" of the island.
Despite some naysayers in the medical field, sales in the most recent quarter were up 283% from a year earlier.
Certain segments of the company, such as bio-pharmaceuticals, food and beverage and medical all underwent sales growth for the quarter.
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Those other revenue effects include the taxes being assessed on sales of medical equipment, the new health insurance company fees, etc.
Yesterday, the company announced fourth-quarter earnings, saying that while profits and sales of medical devices rose slightly, the company's flagship prescription-drug division was battered.
Under the Affordable Care Act, beginning January 1st, sales of medical devices from implants to MRIs, research equipment and surgical instruments bear a 2.3 percent tax.
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This is especially the case when the gains of one player come at the loss of another player, as is the case in medical device and retail sales industries.
On January 1, 2013, a 2.3-percent excise tax on the gross sales of medical-device companies regardless of whether they turn a profit or suffer a loss will take effect.
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Shelby Akins , however, works in sales for a medical device company, a relatively recession-proof industry.
Next year the federal government is set to impose a 2.3 percent surtax on the sales of all medical technology.
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If Uruguay does approve the controlled legal sale of cannabis, that will put it in breach of the UN's drug-control conventions, which prohibit drug sales for non-medical use.
Jim Williams, who identified himself as a regional sales manager for a medical finance company, said his team had resumed its counting of a large precinct Saturday morning.
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We expect incremental growth in da Vinci Surgical Systems in the U.S. as more hospitals adopt da Vinci Surgical Systems following strong marketing and sales efforts from the medical device maker.
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Harlow spent 20 years in sales and marketing for various medical device firms before taking over Physiosonics in 2007.
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Many medical device companies have to ramp up sales before they become profitable.
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And there was an exception to that for sales of food, medicine and medical devices to Iran.
Brisk sales in its personal computers and medical equipment businesses also buoyed Toshiba, which saw final quarter profits climb 16%.
Reimbursements or other amounts received for items deducted in an earlier year, such as medical expenses, real estate taxes, general sales taxes, or home mortgage interest.
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But medical breakthroughs don't always correlate with big sales.
But sales information isn't available for many medical devices even for costly implants like artificial joints, says Ms. Iluri.
This is a product that, because of its high price and real medical benefit, is going to generate a lot of sales.
Until the results are published in a medical journal, it is impossible to judge whether Prempro sales, which have already been hit hard, will decrease even more.
Being on the sales side, Abdul was well-known in the medical fraternity, and that goodwill gave his startup an edge.
Colorado and Washington are still waiting for a federal response to the votes and are working on setting up commercial pot sales, which are still limited to people with certain medical conditions.
One Huthwaite-trained medical device salesman was asked by a hospital group to submit a sales proposal for some big machines like MRIs and X-ray devices that go for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One Huthwaite-trained medical device salesman was asked by a hospital group to submit a sales proposal for some big machines like MRIs and X-ray devices that sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Homeland security sales currently account for 48% of revenue, while medical imaging and monitoring bring in 24%, and other applications like photo sensors for industry and laser systems for the military account for 28% of business.
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