Halyard Health

Halyard Health
Public
Traded as NYSE: HYH
Industry Healthcare
Headquarters Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Robert Abernathy
(Chairman and CEO)
Products
Revenue US$ 1.7 billion (2014)[1]
US$ 94.3 million (2014)[1]
US$ 27.1 million (2014)[1]
Total assets US$ 2,527.6 billion (2014)[1]
Total equity US$ 1,491.2 billion (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 12,000 worldwide [2]
Website halyardhealth.com

Halyard Health, formerly Kimberly-Clark Health Care, is a medical manufacture. Operating 11 global manufacturing facilities with 12,000 employees worldwide,[2] Halyard Health generates approximately $1.7 billion in net revenues[1] and is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "HYH."[3]

History

On March 26, 1872, Kimberly, Clark & Co. was established in Neenah, Wisconsin through the partnership of four businessmen—John A. Kimberly, Havilah Babcock, Charles B. Clark and Frank C. Shattuck.[4]

The first healthcare product by Kimberly-Clark was absorbent wadding, intended to replace cotton. It was used as a bandage for wounded soldiers in World War I. Army nurses adapted the material for menstrual use.[5] Kaycel fabric for surgical gowns was developed by Kimberly-Clark in 1960 for use in field hospitals during the Korean War.[6]

In 1980, Health Care began to grow as it was separated from consumer packaged goods management and products, such as Kleenex, with a move to Roswell, Georgia.[7] Kimberly-Clark Health Care had offices in North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Asia and India. It also sold its products in more than 150 countries.[8]

Expansion

Kimberly-Clark Health Care opened European Health Care operations in Brussels in 1991.[9]

In 1999, Kimberly-Clark Health Care expanded into new global markets.[10]

Company acquisitions

In 1998, Ballard Medical Product, a maker of disposable medical devices for respiratory care, gastroenterology and cardiology, was purchased by Kimberly-Clark for $764 million.[11]

That same year, Kimberly-Clark also acquired TECNOL Medical Products, Inc., a maker of disposable face masks and patient care products.[12]

Kimberly-Clark acquired Safeskin Corporation in 2000, a maker of disposable gloves for healthcare, high technology and scientific industries.[13]

In 2009, Kimberly-Clark acquired Baylis Medial Company’s Pain Management Business and I-Flow Corporation.[14][15]

Spin-off

In November 2013, Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced the company’s plan to pursue a tax-free spin-off of the company’s health care business creating a stand-alone, publicly traded health care company. Robert E. Abernathy, would become chief executive officer of the new company.[16]

In May 2014, Kimberly-Clark announced that the Form 10 for the spin-off plan had been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that the new company, Halyard Health, would be headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.[17]

The spin-off was scheduled to come into effect on October 31, 2014. At that time Halyard Health applied to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HYH." One hundred percent of the shares of Halyard Health would be distributed to Kimberly-Clark shareholders, one share for every eight shares of Kimberly-Clark stock.[17]

On November 3, 2014, Halyard debuted as a public company following the spin-off, and began trading on the NYSE under the symbol "HYH."

Products

Halyard Health focuses on seven categories of products.

Surgical Solution products are used in operating rooms and include gowns,[18] trays, drapes, masks, microbial sealant and sterilization wrap.

Digestive Health products are designed for enteral feeding, diagnostics and endoscopy procedures and include feeding tubes, gastric lavage systems, paracentesis needles and trays, endoscopy catheters, cleaning devices and cytology brushes.

Respiratory Health products are designed for airway management and include closed suction catheters,[19] oral care kits,[20] endotracheal tubes and sampling catheters.

Pain Management products include tools to manage chronic and surgical pain such as needles, trays, radiofrequency generators, cooled RF treatment systems, incisional pumps, ambulatory pumps and peripheral nerve block pumps.

Infection Prevention products include equipment designed to protect against contamination and infections such as gloves, gowns, masks,[21] apparel, chemotherapy protective equipment and hand hygiene monitoring.

IV Therapy products include pumps designed for in-home delivery of IV drugs.

Wound Care products include dressings designed to improve healing and maintain moisture.

Lawsuit

The infection protection Microcool gowns manufactured by Halyard are at the center of a fraud lawsuit agains Halyard Health and Kimberly-Clark and profiled on the newsmagazine 60 Minutes.[22] The lawsuit alleges that Halyard knowingly sold Microcool gowns which failed to meet industry standard specifications and could potentially expose medial workers to the patient's bodily fluids. The company denies the allegations and asserts that the gowns which failed to meet specifications were outliers, and that no health care worker have been infected as a result of defective products.[23]

Headquarters/campus

Halyard Health's campus is located in Alpharetta, Georgia, just north of Atlanta.

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Halyard Health are: Robert E. Abernathy, Gary D. Blackford, John P. Byrnes, Ronald W. Dollens, Heidi K. Fields, Patrick J. O’Leary, Maria Sainz, and Dr. Julie Shimer.[24]

Awards

In 2013 and 2014, Halyard Health was named a winner of the Practice Greenhealth Champion for Change Awards, recognizing the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability accomplishments in support of people, the planet and products.[25][26]

Halyard Health was awarded Innovative Technology Designation for Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency Treatment at Novation Expo 2015.[27]

Community

Since Kimberly-Clark's original grant to help launch MedShare in 1998, the company has funded the shipment of $18.5 million worth of supplies to 13 countries in Latin America.[28]

Since then, Halyard examination gloves have been on every MedShare shipment and Halyard Health continues to be one of MedShare’s largest medical product donors. In 2015 Halyard donated $400,000 in medical supplies to MedShare for April 2015 Nepal earthquake relief efforts including surgical gowns, protective masks, and examination gloves.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Halyard Health Inc 2014 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. December 31, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Halyard Health Company Profile". The Vintage Group. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Halyard Health Debuts as Public Company Following Spinoff". 3 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Spector, Robert; Wicks, William W. (1997). "Kotex and Kleenex". Shared Values: A History of Kimberly-Clark. Lyme, CT: Greenwich Publishing Group. p. 28. ISBN 0944641172.
  5. ↑ Spector, Robert; Wicks, William W. (1997). "Kotex and Kleenex". Shared Values: A History of Kimberly-Clark. Lyme, CT: Greenwich Publishing Group. p. 55. ISBN 0944641172.
  6. ↑ "Historical Journey in the 1960s" (PDF). Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Historical Journey in the 1980s" (PDF). Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Contact Us". www.kchealthcare.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Heritage" (PDF). Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Heritage" (PDF). Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Completes Acquisition of Ballard Medical Products". Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark To Acquire Tecnol in Tax-Free Swap". freelibrary.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Kimberly Clark Safeskin Purple Nitrile Gloves, Latex Free, Powder-free, Purple". chiefsupply.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Historical Journey in the 2000s" (PDF). Kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Buys I-Flow For $276 Million". manufacturing.net. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Pursuing Spin-Off of Health Care Business". investorroom.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Kimberly-Clark Awaits SEC Approval For Healthcare Spinoff Halyard Health - See more at: http://www.rtmagazine.com/2014/05/kimberly-clark-sec-spinoff-halyard-health/#sthash.HqO2vRF1.dpuf". rtmagazine.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015. External link in |title= (help)
  18. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Awarded New Premier Healthcare Alliance Contract for Surgical Packs, Gowns". infectioncontroltoday. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark's Multi-Access Port Closed Suction System Wins Industry Recognition for Innovation". infectioncontroltoday. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Premier Awards Kimberly-Clark Agreements for KimVent Oral Care Products". infectioncontroltoday. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  21. ↑ "FDA clears first single use face mask for children". fda.gov. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  22. ↑ Cooper, Anderson (1 May 2016). "60 Minutes investigates medical gear sold during Ebola crisis". CBS News. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  23. ↑ Jamerson, Joshua (2 May 2016). "Halyard Denies ‘60 Minutes’ Allegations it Sold Defective Ebola Protection". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Board of Directors". investorroom.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Honored With Practice Greenhealth 2013 Champion for Change Award". http://investor.kimberly-clark.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013. External link in |website= (help)
  26. ↑ "Kimberly-Clark Health Care Awarded 2014 Practice Greenhealth Champion for Change Award". www.halyardhealth.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  27. ↑ Elizabeth Earl. "Halyard Health Receives Novation Innovative Technology Award". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "Good Neighbors Around the World". www.careersatkc.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  29. ↑ "Halyard Health Contributes to Nepal Earthquake Recovery Effort". www.halyardhealth.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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