Medtronic Catapults Into Transcatheter Valve Market With Billion-Dollar Buys
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic will enter the high-growth, minimally invasive aortic heart valve market through two acquisitions worth more than $1 billion
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