Olympus Medical Follows The Patient Pathway In New Strategic Plan

Value Creation Drive Is Underway Says CEO Takeuchi

Having divested non-medical imaging a year ago, Olympus Corp is putting its foot to the floor in refocusing on its medical portfolio. It has set global ambitions of strengthening its coverage of unmet needs and of playing a major role in reshaping health care delivery.

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Olympus Corporation is over halfway through its five-year corporate strategy, set in 2019, by the end of which it will be growing at rate of 5-6% annually and making an operating margin of over 20%.

But the end of the plan in 2023 is not the end of the journey. That was the message conveyed...

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