Stryker In Neverland: Firm Ups Focus On Averting Avoidable Events With Sage Acquisition
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stryker will pay nearly $2.8 billion to buy Sage Products and its portfolio of products to prevent health care "never events," which hospitals are increasingly motivated to avoid.
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