Think of a football field. And those eight-figure quarterback contracts. But instead of gridiron and gunslingers, picture a sophisticated machine that delivers just the right amount of pressure to sack certain types of cancer, without collateral damage.

That’s a way to understand the size, cost and performance of the proton therapy systems made by Palo Alto’s Varian Medical Systems. So when Varian’s chief counsel for particle therapy Alison Nichols negotiates a sale and setup, it’s not just for a product that just gets shipped out to a customer or built on a plot of land.

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