In this episode, we dissect the complex history of Boston Scientific (BSC), a global titan in biotechnology and medical devices. Join us as we trace the company’s origins from 1979, when co-founders John Abele and Peter Nicholas turned a holding company for catheter technology into an industry powerhouse. We explore the company’s roots in the inventive mind of Itzhak Bentov, whose steerable catheter designs—initially developed in a Catholic church rectory—laid the foundation for a multi-billion dollar empire.

Listeners will learn about:

• Aggressive Expansion: How BSC utilized a high-stakes acquisition strategy to dominate the market, including the massive $27.2 billion purchase of Guidant in 2006 and the development of the revolutionary Taxus drug-eluting stent.
• Billion-Dollar Legal Wars:  ...