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MDS is a Canadian company based in Toronto. The company is managed by Stephen P. DeFalco. MDS produces various products of the pharmaceutical industry and medical technology. MDS employs about 5,600 people. (2008 )

History

The company was founded by five former IBM employees on 17 April 1969 as Medical Data Sciences Limited and in 1973 renamed MDS Health Group Limited. Since 1996, it only means MDS Inc.