Abbott Laboratories has agreed to acquire St. Jude Medical for $25bn, creating a third player, along with Boston Scientific and Medtronic, that competes in all major sectors of the cardiovascular device business.
During the April 28 earnings call announcing the company’s definitive agreement to merge, Abbott chairman and CEO Miles White emphasized the two companies' complementary cardiovascular product portfolios, covering almost every part of the cardiovascular device market, with combined sales of more than $8b annually
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