Thursday, January 9, 2014

The Motley Fool: Medtronic's Surprising Update Spikes Blood Pressures Across Med-Tech

A funny thing happened on the way to Medtronic's (NYSE: MDT  ) presumed domination of the emerging $3 billion-a-year renal denervation (RDN) market. RDN might not work ... or at least not nearly as well as initially thought.

While the potential loss of a chunk of that $3 billion pie is not a model-breaker for Medtronic, St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ  ) , Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX  ) , or Covidien (NYSE: COV  ) , it is a good reminder that pilot studies and European approval don't always tell the whole story.

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Medtronic's Surprising Update Spikes Blood Pressures Across Med-Tech

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