Trend continues as Big Orthos focus on emerging markets

Emerging Markets Heat Up for Device Makers (Motley Fool)

Want a deeper analysis?  With the medical device industry struggling for growth, leading companies have had to look elsewhere to power up stagnating sales. That's gone beyond expanding their product lines: Some of the best names in the business have looked across the oceans for future growth, where lucrative and untapped emerging markets become tomorrow's medical device battlefields. British device maker Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) is the latest company to join the emerging markets push. The company announced it agreed to buy Indian ...