2 Healthcare Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade

With that in mind, let's turn our attention to two healthcare giants with excellent track records -- Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) and Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) -- and see why both companies may be well worth holding onto for the years ahead. Like many other medical-device specialists, Medtronic had a rough go of it at the peak of the pandemic. Healthcare facilities swamped with COVID-19 patients postponed elective surgeries, leading to lower sales volume for some of Medtronic's products used by physicians.