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Smith & Nephew competes with takeover target ArthroCare in arthroscopic devices

By Jeff Bliss ( February 4, 2014, 23:04 GMT | Insight) -- NYSE-listed Smith & Nephew competes with acquisition target ArthroCare in supplying medical devices to make surgery less painful and recovery faster. A spokesman for Smith & Nephew confirmed the $1.7 billion deal will be reviewed by antitrust authorities in the US and “in a small number of other countries."NYSE-listed Smith & Nephew competes with acquisition target ArthroCare in supplying medical devices to make surgery less painful and recovery faster....

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