Primo Medical Group announced that it completed the $100 million sale of spin-off company Arthrosurface to Anika Therapeutics (NSDQ:ANIK). Under the agreement, Anika is set to acquire all outstanding shares of Arthrosurface in exchange for $100 million in total, starting with an upfront payment of approximately $60 million in cash from Anika’s existing balance sheet. The […]
Masimo to acquire NantHealth’s connected care business
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) will pay $47.25 million upfront to acquire the connected care business of Culver City, Calif.–based NantHealth (NSDQ: NH), the company said today. NantHealth’s connected care business provides medical device interoperability to hospitals and health systems, with products including DCX device connectivity (formerly known as DeviceConX), VCX patient vitals software (formerly known as VitalsConX), the […]
Medicrea looking for a buyer
Medicrea (EPA:ALMED) announced that it is engaged in active discussions with potential strategic partners in the U.S. spine industry as it seeks to execute an agreement resulting in a company takeover, partnerships or distribution agreements. The company said that leading U.S. groups have made regular approaches to share industry developments and review potential strategic partnerships around […]
Medtronic acquires Stimgenics
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) yesterday said it acquired spinal cord stimulation company Stimgenics for an undisclosed amount. Stimgenics has developed a spinal cord stimulation waveform known as Differential Target Multiplexed Spinal Cord Stimulation. The therapy is delivered through Medtronic’s Intellis platform and is a chronic pain treatment option. “Stimgenics’s research is deeply rooted in clinical science that began […]
OrthoPediatrics sells off Vilex assets related to adults
OrthoPediatrics (NSDQ:KIDS) announced today that it completed the sale of substantially all of the assets related to the adult product offering of Vilex in Tennessee to Squadron Capital affiliate Vilex. The divestiture was completed on Dec. 31, 2019, after OrthoPediatrics reported its plan to divest the Vilex adult business when it acquired Vilex in Tennessee in […]
4 medical device industry trends affecting innovation
Major medical device companies are increasingly outsourcing their innovation. Here’s what that means. The medical device industry is increasingly relying on small, young companies to provide innovations, but the early-stage medtech companies are mostly relying on angel investors. It’s also more important than ever to protect intellectual property and mitigate exposure to litigation. Those were […]
FTC upping scrutiny of proposed Stryker, Wright Medical merger
An SEC filing today showed that the Federal Trade Commission is upping its scrutiny of the proposed merger between Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) that is worth up to $4.7 billion in cash. After Stryker filed a premerger notification and report form with the FTC on Dec. 16, 2019, the FTC sent a second request to […]
Hologic completes sale of Cynosure medical aesthetics business
Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) announced today that it has completed the previously announced $205 million sale of its Cynosure medical aesthetics business to an affiliate of investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Minus closing adjustments, Hologic initially estimates it will receive net cash proceeds of $142 million from the sale. CEO Steve MacMillan previously said the sale […]
Sanofi eyes Synthrox purchase
Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) announced today that it is planning to tender an offer to acquire all outstanding common stock shares of clinical-stage biotech company Synthorx. The agreement and plan of merger between the two companies was announced on Dec. 7 and the offer is being made pursuant to that. Sanofi said it stands to acquire the common […]
Laborie Medical Technologies buys Clinical Innovations
Laborie Medical Technologies has purchased Clinical Innovations in a deal worth $525 million. The deal is expected to close in early 2020. Through the deal, Clinical Innovations will continue to help mothers and babies through its labor, delivery and neonatal intensive care specialties. “This is a promising deal that will add scale to the overall […]
J&J to acquire remaining stake in Verb Surgical
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today that it agreed to acquire the remaining stake in Verb Surgical, following a successful strategic collaboration with Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL) life sciences unit Verily. Verb Surgical’s robotics and data science capabilities were the driving force behind Johnson & Johnson’s decision to combine with the company as it seeks to advance medical interventions, making […]
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