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3. C.R. Bard shifts jobs to upstate N.Y.
Acquisitions prompt C.R. Bard to add jobs at its Queensbury, N.Y., plant after 2 rounds of layoffs last year.
2. Medtronic claims a win in European patent row with Edwards Lifesciences
Medtronic says a preliminary review of an Edwards Lifesciences patent for the Sapien heart valve by the European Patent Office went its way.
1. From Moneyball to medtech: Author Michael Lewis on the mindset of a disruptor
Noted author Michael Lewis has built a series of books on the stories of people who disrupted long-standing paradigms, from the world of baseball to Wall Street and Silicon Valley. In a special Boston Scientific sponsored event during this week’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics symposium, Lewis shared his insights into the characteristics of disruptive innovators.