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Industry Perspective - The Medtech Industry: A Look Back at 2006

Executive Summary

The year 2006 may best be remembered for the handful of high-profile companies that struggled, but for all of the challenges that a few medical device companies faced individually, it's hard not to see 2006 as anything other than a robust year for the industry as a whole. It was also a year of impressive rebounds for many other device companies that had faced tough times.

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