Kinetic Concepts Inc. said it agreed to acquire 1 of its private wound-care peers, Systagenix, for $485 million.
San Antonio, Texas-based KCI said the deal brings a large suite of complementary advanced wound care products into its portfolio.
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Kinetic Concepts Inc. said it agreed to acquire 1 of its private wound-care peers, Systagenix, for $485 million.
San Antonio, Texas-based KCI said the deal brings a large suite of complementary advanced wound care products into its portfolio.
The 2011 marriage between Kinetic Concepts Inc., Apax Partners and a pair of Canadian pension funds wasn’t your typical merger.
A survey of 158 CEOs and 216 venture capital firms revealed a large gap between the chief executives’ wish list for potential backers and what VCs think the CEOs want.
Startup CEOs in the IT and life science industries want VCs who are "entrepreneur friendly" and "collaborative" without being too hands-on in their approach, according to a survey sponsored by the National Venture Capital Assn.
Gamma Medica said it’s closed a $16 million Series A round from Psilos Group Managers.
The Northridge, Calif.-based company said it plans to use the cash to expand the commercial footprint of its LumaGen molecular breast imaging device and the LumaGuide biopsy model.
Illinois healthcare products maker ArjoHuntleigh hired Rick Lytle, a former Covidien (NYSE:COV) executive, as the new president of company operations in the U.S. and Canada.
Canadian device maker Titan Medical (CVE:TMD) is looking for some "strategic alternatives" to business as usual, retaining the services of financial advisory firm Raymond James to scout the market.
Titan makes a robotic surgical system called SPORT (Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology), a surgeon-controlled surgical robot with a 3D visualization system.
Nearly 300 of the industry’s best and brightest gathered for a night of big ideas, industry insights and few cocktails last night at MassDevice.com’s Big 100 East 2013 conference in Waltham, Mass.
Massachusetts-based Asahi Kasei (TYO:3407) subsidiary Zoll Medical touted its 2nd acquisition this month, this time nabbing assets of German-based Lifebridge Medizintechnik.
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said it agreed to acquire a pair of companies in the peripheral stent and ophthalmic space for a total of up to $710 million.
The Chicago-ares medical device company said it inked a deal worth $310 million for Webster, Texas-based IDEV Technologies and its Supera Veritas stent for treating peripheral artery disease.