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Take Me Out To the Public Markets: Device VCs Swing Big Bats

 
• By Tom Salemi

Medical device investors see the potential for significant returns from the recent spate of initial public offerings, and they're tending to outperform their biopharmaceutical counterparts.

In the wake of the anabolic steroid scandals rocking major league baseball, perhaps someone should be testing medical device investors as well.

Why? Historically, medical device venture capitalists have been leadoff type hitters; the kind of investor who can punch a ball...

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