Victor Stefanescu
Reporter
Stefanescu previously covered the business of food, aviation and real estate for news outlets in the Northeast and St. Louis, his hometown. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he studied communication and led the independent student newspaper, The Heights.
Latest from Victor Stefanescu
New Solventum layoff details emerge, including 110 Minnesota job cuts
The restructuring of Minnesota’s newest large public company announced in December will result in $120 million in annual savings.
March 20, 2025
UnitedHealth’s Optum to address pricing, access challenges for prescription drugs
The changes come as pharmacy benefit managers face scrutiny for how they require doctors and patients to seek its approval for certain treatments and drugs.
March 20, 2025
Medtronic recalls aneurysm-treating device linked to four deaths
The FDA recall affects more than 25,000 of the Fridley-run company’s devices and follows reports of 17 injuries.
March 19, 2025
Klobuchar, Smith advocate for turkey farmers amid bird flu outbreak
At Willmar-area roundtable, the senators heard farmers' calls for revisions in biosecurity audits and said government needs to consider more funding for farmers.
March 19, 2025
What Minnesotans need to know about bird flu risks
H5N1 is still wrecking farms, prompting surging grocery store prices and posing public health uncertainty three years after the state’s first poultry cases.
March 14, 2025
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of Medtronic’s lifesaving ventilators
Medtronic’s Puritan Bennett devices were some of the world’s most important in 2020, but profits dipped as clinical preferences shifted. Experts disagree on what their extinction means for the future.
March 13, 2025
How Boston Scientific (sort of) became ‘Minnesota Scientific’
The company bearing Boston’s name has approximately 10,000 employees in Minnesota, doubling in the past 15 years. And it’s not done growing.
March 6, 2025
Facing tariffs and a big sale, Solventum sees profits slide
Despite lower quarterly profits, CEO says sales volume growth is a promising sign for the young company.
February 28, 2025
What Minnesotans need to know about bird flu risks
H5N1 is still wrecking farms, prompting surging grocery store prices and posing public health uncertainty three years after the state’s first poultry cases.
March 14, 2025
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of Medtronic’s lifesaving ventilators
Medtronic’s Puritan Bennett devices were some of the world’s most important in 2020, but profits dipped as clinical preferences shifted. Experts disagree on what their extinction means for the future.
March 13, 2025
How Boston Scientific (sort of) became ‘Minnesota Scientific’
The company bearing Boston’s name has approximately 10,000 employees in Minnesota, doubling in the past 15 years. And it’s not done growing.
March 6, 2025
Facing tariffs and a big sale, Solventum sees profits slide
Despite lower quarterly profits, CEO says sales volume growth is a promising sign for the young company.
February 28, 2025