IPads Are Latest Weapon in Medical Sales (by Jon Kamp & Roger Cheng @ Wall Street Journal)
Medical-sector companies are passing out thousands of iPad tablet computers to salespeople to spruce up their pitch to doctors, and at the same time giving Apple Inc. a crucial foot in the door to business customers.
Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. are among the drug and medical-device firms making the move, while others say they are testing out the devices.
The tablet computers offer new ways to display product information or surgical-implant techniques, and help...
