Healthcare startups raise $26B in 2018, eclipsing prior years

Venture capital funding through October surpassed the total raised in 2012 and 2013 combined, according to a Pitchbook analysis for Forbes.

By Meg Bryant • Nov. 5, 2018

Boston Scientific posts strong Q3 with 8.7% sales growth

Coming off a legal win in a patent battle with Edwards, the CEO held his cards close to the vest on next steps on the earnings call.  

By David Lim • Updated Oct. 25, 2018

Stryker closes Invuity acquisition

Invuity's CEO called out "a lack of strategic organizational alignment in our sales and marketing efforts" during its Q2 earnings call, something that Stryker may be well positioned to help fix. 

By David Lim • Oct. 23, 2018

Cardinal credit downgraded after debt-fueled medtech expansion

Fitch said $9 billion in debt is subject to risks, such as failing to realize the expected synergies from integrating assets bought from Medtronic.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 19, 2018

Abbott medical device, diagnostic units drive Q3 growth

CEO Miles White said Abbott plans to submit its data to FDA in the coming weeks to back an expanded indication for MitraClip.

By David Lim • Oct. 17, 2018

Boston Scientific closes Augmenix acquisition for $600M

The device giant expects sales of the SpaceOar Hydrogel System to be $50 million in 2018 and $90 million in 2019.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 17, 2018

Walgreens, LabCorp team to add 600 more blood draw clinics

The new specimen collection facilities mark a major expansion of the partnership, the latest in a wave of vertical integration. 

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 11, 2018

Stryker pens deals with Synaptive, Ziehm to boost navigation unit

The partnerships cover a 3D brain modeling program and intraoperative imaging device.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 10, 2018

RadNet buys Medical Arts to expand New York imaging network

The takeover is the latest in a string of deals intended to boost RadNet's East Coast presence.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 9, 2018

Q3 digital health funding soars to $3.3B across 93 deals

The quarter saw six megadeals over $100 million, bringing the year's total so far to 10, Rock Health reports.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 4, 2018

Athenahealth sees multiple bidders with extended deadline

Several parties submitted bids before last Thursday's deadline, Healthcare Dive has learned. Whether healthcare payments system provider nThrive was among them, as reported by the New York Post, is unclear.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 2, 2018

Stryker settles foreign corrupt practice charges, makes small acquisition

The company will pay $7.8 million to settle with the Justice Department. Separately, the medical device maker said it would acquire HyperBranch Medical Technology.

By Susan Kelly • Oct. 2, 2018

AngioDynamics posts bigger net loss, looks to oncology

Executives said the company's two recent acquisitions signal a shift in investment to the oncology section of the business.

By Tyler Woods • Oct. 1, 2018

Venus to buy Keystone, moving into Boston Sci's TAVR turf

The move furthers Venus' aspirations to grow into a global transcatheter heart valve company and, by extension, advance China's bid to supercede the U.S. as the dominant medtech force.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 26, 2018

EY warns stagnant R&D, data use threatens medtech growth

Medtech R&D investment of $15.9 billion remained "relatively unchanged" in 2017 — roughly $1 billion less than the $16.4 billion companies gave back to investors through share buybacks and dividends.

By David Lim • Sept. 24, 2018

GeekWire: Google's Nest has healthcare ambitions

Nest secretly acquired Senosis Health, maker of smartphone-based monitoring systems for conditions like osteoporosis and newborn jaundice, according to internal communications and financial documents.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 21, 2018

Medtronic strikes $1.6B takeover of Mazor Robotics

The acquisition moves the device giant into the robotic-assisted surgery sector.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 21, 2018

Athenahealth extends acquisition bid deadline

The delay is to allow for a new strategic buyer to prepare its bid, a source close to the matter said.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 19, 2018

Trimedx to buy Aramark unit in $300M health tech merger

Two major providers of healthcare technology management services come together in the pact.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 19, 2018

AngioDynamics to buy RadiaDyne for radiotherapy devices

RadiaDyne thinks AngioDynamics' commercial infrastructure will help it to grow sales beyond the $6 million achieved over the past 12 months.  

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 14, 2018

J&J buys EIT for 3D-printed titanium spinal implants

The devices are designed to increase the number of surgeries that are successful the first time.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 13, 2018

UK-based Medopad snaps up health IT startup Sherbit

Founded in 2016, Sherbit works with health systems on chronic disease management using real-time data and analytics.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 12, 2018

Alcon to shift HQ to Switzerland after Novartis spinoff

The eye care unit already has operations in Geneva, and plans to list on Swiss stock exchanges upon becoming a standalone company. 

By Ned Pagliarulo • Sept. 11, 2018

Stryker buys surgical lighting company for $190M

Photonics and intracavity lighting company Invuity is the latest acquisition in Stryker's ongoing purchasing spree.

By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 11, 2018

Becton Dickinson sells bioprocessing business to Thermo Fisher

Divesting the unit will allow Becton to better focus its life sciences division on disease and therapy research and clinical diagnostics.

By Susan Kelly • Sept. 10, 2018