Resuscitating a Culture One Beat at a Time

Executive Summary

Its acquisition of privately held Zymed means more to the Healthcare Solutions Group (HSG) of Agilent Technologies than being able to fill a gap in its cardiology business. It is also a part of Agilent's drive to energize its corporate culture following its spin-out of Hewlett-Packard last year. Moreover, in the face of disappointing earnings from HSG and poor near-term growth prospects, Agilent's overall commitment to health care was questioned by Wall Street.