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Executive Summary
M&A was the universal prescription for the medical industry in 1998 as acquisition dollar volumes hit record levels. For some, the dealmaking further separates the haves and have-nots. For others, it's an addictive drug for coping with chronic insufficiency syndrome. But for nearly everyone who's using it, M&A is the easiest, if not always an effective, answer to the increasingly intractable problem of growth.