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Guidant: The New Rules of the Device Game

As it seeks to capitalize on new opportunities in both its CRM and interventional businesses, Guidant also confronts a device industry whose rules are changing. The second of a two-part series.

By David Cassak

As officials at Guidant Corp. have found themselves slipping behind rivals Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. in the development of a drug-eluting stent (DES), they've...

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