
MASSDEVICE ON CALL —Medtronic Inc.’s (NYSE:MDT) new CEO Omar Ishrak has big plan for the company, including a focused push toward India and a spotlight on mobile health care.
He called India the "biggest hole" in the company’s global reach, and the Minnesota-based med-tech goliath is looking for opportunities to build up its R&D efforts there.
Ishrak also highlighted the importance of capitalizing on a "highly mobile" health care environment, according to MedCity News, and defended the safety of its controversial Infuse bone graft protein, which is at the heart of allegations that Medtronic’s paid consultants may have concealed Infuse’s potential to increase infertility risk in men.
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