Minute Insight: Cordis-MedAlliance Deal Formalized, Less Than One Year After Announcement

The $1.1bn acquisition of drug-eluting balloon developer MedAlliance will help Cordis return to its roots as an innovative leader in interventional cardiology.

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Cordis’ planned acquisition of MedAlliance has been completed less than a year after it was first announced.

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