Smith & Nephew Bets On RF Platform With $1.7 Bil. ArthroCare Acquisition
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
S&N highlighted complements between ArthroCare’s Coblation platform for resection procedures and S&N’s mechanical resection blade, among other synergies. The deal comes soon after ArthroCare settled a fraud investigation with the Department of Justice.
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