How To Fix A Guidant: Boston Scientific's Tobin Opens Playbook

Boston Scientific CEO Jim Tobin, in a series of addresses, defends his company's decision to spend $27.3 billion on Guidant Inc., warts and all. Defying criticism of the deal, Tobin lays out how Boston Scientific management corrected Guidant's problems--and why the new company will thrive.

By Tom Salemi

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