Volcano Cuts Deeper Into Peripheral Market With AtheroMed Buy
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Volcano will pay $115 million, plus a potential milestone, for AtheroMed and its Phoenix atherectomy system, as part of the firm’s growing emphasis on the peripheral artery device market.
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