Stryker MAKO Purchase Could Preview Ortho’s Future
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Market-leading orthopedic firms have mostly come up with incremental product updates in response to the growing tide of more technology-heavy upstarts. That is what makes Stryker’s $1.65 billion acquisition of MAKO Surgical stand out.
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