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US medical-device maker Medtronic will buy its Irish-based competitor Covidien for $42.9 billion, the company said late Sunday.
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View ArticleChina fines Medtronic $17 million on anti-monopoly charges
Medical device maker Medtronic has been fined $17 million by Chinese anti-monopoly regulators in the latest effort by Beijing to force down what it sees as unreasonably high prices.
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