Article: Bard Completes Sale of Its Global Coronary Cath Lab Business to Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1998--C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) today completed the sale of its global coronary cath lab business (angioplasty and angiography) to Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEI) for $600 million. Bard reported worldwide sales of coronary angioplasty and angiography products of approximately $215 million in 1997. The coronary cath lab business includes manufacturing plants in Billerica, Massachusetts and Galway, Ireland as well as approximately 1900 employees worldwide.

The sale of this business represents another step in a series of strategic initiatives being pursued by the company to enhance Bard's operating ...

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