Johnson & Johnson, makers of a huge range of products for the healthcare industry, is set to buy Mentor. Mentor, for all of those who’ve undergone breast augmentation at TCC, is one of our main suppliers of breast implants.

This is pretty big news in the industry.  Many believe that this takeover will be a good thing for Mentor, since J&J has the resources to boost marketing, customer service and improve current products as well as be able to develop a whole range of new ones. They’ll keep Mentor on the cusp of aesthetic medical technologies, at a pricetag of $1.12 billion US. Mentor is one of the leading manufacturers of aesthetic healthcare products, so it’ll probably be well worth the hefty pricetag.

So what’s that mean to you?

Well, with competition already pretty fierce in the cosmetic surgical industry, it could mean that the takeover will make it even fiercer. New, improved alternatives to things such as Botox may be in the works…

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