BSN medical Investment Pays Off For EQT In €2.7bn Deal
Executive Summary
BSN medical is changing owners for the third time in a decade, with a multi-billion-euro deal that will see the wound-care and orthopedics specialist enter the folds of SCA, a Swedish group that sells consumer health-care products, among other things.
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