Teleflex is a global provider of medical technology products that enhance clinical benefits, improve patient and provider safety and reduce total procedural costs. [Source: Reuters]
Company website: http://www.teleflex.com
Industry: Health Care – Medical/Dental Instruments
Stock Symbol: TFX – NYSE
Indexes: S&P 500
Animal Usage: Animal Testing
Teleflex is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of their therapeutic procedures and surgical applications.
Report that specifies that the company conducts animal testing
“In order to circumvent the problems associated with in vivo animal studies, researchers developed an agar subcutaneous infection model to simulate the rat subcutaneous infection model, for use in evaluating the effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters”
Teleflex is a global provider of medical technology products that enhance clinical benefits, improve patient and provider safety and reduce total procedural costs. [Source: Reuters]
Company website: http://www.teleflex.com