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Owens & Minor inks $1.36B takeover of Rotech
Rotech will help Owens & Minor get closer to its 2028 sales goal with home medical equipment, including sleep and oxygen devices, hospital beds and wheelchairs.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 25, 2024 -
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Top 5 medtech deals in the first half of 2024
The first six months of the year brought a series of multibillion-dollar deals, led by Johnson & Johnson’s $13.1 billion takeover of Shockwave Medical.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 24, 2024 -
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Cook Medical to sell reproductive health business to private equity firm
Astorg intends to combine the Cook assets with Hamilton Thorne, another reproductive health business it plans to buy.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 23, 2024 -
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Diabetes device firm Embecta considers sale: Financial Times
Two years after Embecta spun out of BD, the firm is now exploring a potential sale, the Financial Times reported.
By Elise Reuter • July 22, 2024 -
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Dental implant maker Osstem in talks to acquire Zimvie: report
Bloomberg first reported M&A rumors in June when Zimvie was approached about a takeover.
By Elise Reuter • July 19, 2024 -
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GE Healthcare to buy AI software from Intelligent Ultrasound for $51M
After purchasing Caption Health last year, GE Healthcare plans to add another artificial intelligence acquisition to the company.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 19, 2024 -
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Edwards to acquire Innovalve, stake in Affluent Medical
The heart valve specialist said in a federal filing that it expects to pay $300 million in cash for Innovalve Bio Medical when the deal closes.
By Susan Kelly • July 15, 2024 -
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Illumina buys Fluent Biosciences, adding single-cell analysis tech
Fluent’s kits compete with products from companies including 10x Genomics, an Illumina partner.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 10, 2024 -
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Masimo offered up to $950M for consumer business
Final terms of the deal are still being discussed, and Masimo said it plans to negotiate a higher price.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 9, 2024 -
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Baxter considers sale of kidney care unit to PE firm: WSJ
Carlyle Group could reportedly pay more than $4 billion for Baxter’s Vantive business.
By Elise Reuter • July 8, 2024 -
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Quest to buy Lifelabs for $985M
Buying the Canadian laboratory company opens a new front in Quest’s rivalry with Labcorp and marks its third takeover in as many months.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 8, 2024 -
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Alcon buys Belkin Vision for $81M upfront
Alcon will gain access to a laser treatment for glaucoma that it plans to sell in the U.S. by the end of the year.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 3, 2024 -
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Merit Medical pays Endogastric $105M for acid reflux treatment
Merit expects the device to add around $30 million in annual sales.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 2, 2024 -
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Medtech M&A may pick up after mixed start to 2024: analysts
The annual number of medtech acquisitions is on course to slump to its lowest level since 2017, according to Needham.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 1, 2024 -
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Zimvie mulls sale after takeover approaches: Bloomberg
Zimvie is reportedly working with an adviser to assess its options after strategic investors and industry players showed interest in a deal.
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 26, 2024 -
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Boston Scientific buys Silk Road Medical for $1.26B
Silk Road developed a minimally invasive procedure to prevent stroke in patients with carotid artery disease.
By Susan Kelly • June 18, 2024 -
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Illumina board approves Grail spinoff
Leerink Partners analyst Puneet Souda said Grail, with a cash burn of $532 million in 2023, is likely to remain “a cautionary tale in diagnostics for years to come.”
By Susan Kelly • June 4, 2024 -
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Stryker inks Artelon buyout to join Zimmer in soft tissue space
BTIG analysts said the takeover could serve as a "defensive mechanism against peers who have been growing rapidly in the space.”
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 4, 2024 -
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BD to buy Edwards’ critical care unit for $4.2B
Edwards will sell the business rather than pursue its original strategy announced in December to spin off the group.
By Ricky Zipp • June 3, 2024 -
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Medtech venture capital investing rebounded in Q1
Pitchbook analysts are cautiously optimistic that the funding pickup will continue despite uncertainty about interest rates, heightened regulatory scrutiny and the presidential election.
By Susan Kelly • June 3, 2024 -
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Surmodics agrees to $627M private equity buyout
Surmodics will go private when the transaction closes, which is expected in the second half of the year.
By Ricky Zipp • May 31, 2024 -
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Stereotaxis inks APT buyout to gain catheters for surgical robots
The partners are developing a robotically steered diagnostic catheter for use with Stereotaxis’ cardiovascular robots.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 16, 2024 -
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Samsung Medison to buy AI ultrasound company Sonio
Sonio’s software uses deep learning to improve image quality. Its software will remain compatible with all ultrasound machines, the company said.
By Elise Reuter • May 8, 2024 -
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Quest to ramp up AI capabilities with purchase of PathAI’s diagnostic lab
PathAI is selling its diagnostics assets, including a Tennessee laboratory, but will continue to support its biopharmaceutical customers.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 2, 2024 -
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Medline to buy Ecolab’s surgical products for nearly $1B
The medical products supplier will acquire Ecolab’s sterile drapes and fluid temperature management systems.
By Susan Kelly • May 1, 2024
