Medtronic Finds A Home For Physio-Control With $487 Mil. Sale To Bain
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Five years after Medtronic said it was interested in unloading Physio-Control, private equity firm Bain Capital will acquire the emergency-response device unit, for the second time in 20 years.
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