8Transcend Conflict
Every human being makes mistakes, but whenhe has made a mistake, that man who remediesthe evil is no longer foolish and unhappy.
—Sophocles, Antigone
Stent Wars
Mike Berman was promoted to president of the Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC) Cardiology Division in the summer of 1995 at age 37, just as intracoronary stents were beginning to eclipse balloon catheters as the preferred treatment for certain forms of heart disease. BSC, while a leader in the interventional cardiology business, was behind the pack in stent technology. To leapfrog the competition, Berman fostered a relationship with an Israeli firm, Medinol, that had developed a promising yet untested stent technology. The companies signed a 10-year agreement in ...
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