Medtronic’s Billion-Dollar Buying Spree

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) CEO Omar Ishrak has literally put his money where his mouth is since saying in early June that the world’s largest pure-play medtech maker would look for small-scale investments – $1.05 billion of that money, in fact.

That’s Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic’s announced spend on M&A since June 5, when Ishrak said the company would turn its attention to snatching up early-stage firms.

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