TriVascular's Sequel Could Be a Blockbuster
Executive Summary
When Boston Scientific shut down TriVascular all appeared to be lost for the one-time hard-charging start-up that took on the daunting abdominal aortic aneurysm market. But TriVascular’s core investors and evangelical executive team have given the company new life.
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