For companies leading the global medical technology industry, the sales rankings this year were strikingly similar to the last – with a handful of major exceptions – two of which affected the leading 10 global companies. These 10 companies all recorded sales of over $10 billion, with the acquisitive Boston Scientific Corp. (electrophysiology company Apama Medical being its only major buy in 2017) now knocking on the door of that exclusive club after seriously adding to its sales mix with a string of strategic buys in 2018.
Medtronic PLC led the field in terms of sales once more in 2017, but did not quite become history's...