Boston Scientific Adds More Non-Vascular Stents To MedSurg Business With MI Tech Acquisition
Executive Summary
Boston Scientific will pay about $230m for 64% of Korea-based MI Tech, which developed the Hanarostent line of conformable, self-expanding metal stents for endoscopic and urologic applications.
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