Minute Insight: Medtronic May Sell Respiratory And Monitoring Units To Private Equity
Executive Summary
Reuters reported that global private equity firm Carlyle Group has offered to pay at least $7bn for Medtronic’s patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses. Medtronic announced its plan to get out of those businesses about one year ago.
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