Philips Extends Leadership In Patient Monitoring By Buying BioTelemetry For $2.8Bn
Executive Summary
Philips is already the leader in hospital patient monitoring and adding BioTelemetry will make it also the top provider of ambulatory cardiac diagnostics and monitoring systems.
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