Open AccessThe Price of Growth in the Medical-Device Industry
Author(s) -
Alan M. Garber
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp068085
Subject(s) - medicine , corporation , business , finance
Earlier this year, in one of the most dramatic corporate acquisitions in recent memory, Boston Scientific purchased Guidant Corporation. Dr. Alan Garber writes that consolidation in the medical-device industry has multiple and sometimes unpredictable effects.
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