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Home » KCI carves out TSS bedmaking biz to Getinge for $275M | Wall Street Beat

KCI carves out TSS bedmaking biz to Getinge for $275M | Wall Street Beat

November 9, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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Kinetic Concepts said it’s closed the sale of its Therapeutic Support Systems business to Swedish medical device company Getinge (PINK:GETI B) for $275 million.

The deal for the 1,300-worker KCI unit, which makes specialty therapeutic beds, calls for the San Antonio, Texas-based wound care giant to provide "certain transition services to Getinge for a period of time," according to a press release. The TSS business pulled in $247 million in sales last year, according to a separate release.

Getinge said the deal will augment its extended care business, better balancing equipment sales and recurring revenues. About 60% of TSS’s business comes from the U.S., the company said.

For its part, KCI said it plans to use the proceeds to "to reinvest in its core business and look for new growth opportunities."

"To the extent KCI has not reinvested proceeds from the TSS sale within 12 months, it will use any remaining funds to repay long-term debt obligations," according to the release.

 Insurers eye medical cost reductions
Health insurance companies will change their focus from expanding their market to controlling medical costs now that Obamacare is a sure thing, America’s Health Insurance Plans CEO Karen Ignagni tells Bloomberg.
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 CareFusion still can’t make its annual report
CareFusion (NYSE:CFN), saying it’s still trying to figure out how the SEC wants it to account for leases of its Pyxis medicine dispensing devices, released preliminary results for its fiscal 1st quarter.

"While we are not able to provide a full financial update today, we now have a path toward completing the filing of our fiscal 2012 [annual report]. As our finance team completes this necessary work, the rest of our organization remains absolutely focused on our customers, as demonstrated in this quarter’s results," chairman & CEO Kieran Gallahue said in prepared remarks.

CareFusion reported preliminary sales of $593 million and operating expenses of $293 million for the 3 months ended Sept. 30, up 1.0% and down 4.9%, respectively.
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 Alphatec closes Phygen buyout, drums up $9M
Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) closed its buyout of some of Phygen’s Autolok set screw locking technology for nearly 4.1 million shares of stock and $2 million in cash, plus another 1.2 million shares in an escrow account to be released in a year’s time.

Alphatec also drummed up $9.0 million in an equity financing round backed by a single, un-named investor, according to a regulatory filing.
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 Sensimed raises $18M Series C round

Swiss ophthalmic device maker Sensimed AG closed an $18 million (17 million CHF) Series C round co-led by Wellington Partners, Agate Medical Investments and Vinci Capital/Renaissance PME and including existing backers the Sandoz Family Foundation, ELM Development and "successful entrepreneurs in the medical devices industry."
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 Analysts’ ups and downs

  • Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD): Raymond James starts coverage with "market perform" rating.
  • Align Technology (NSDQ:ALGN): Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage with "buy" rating, $32 price target.
  • Allscripts (NSDQ:MDRX): Jefferies & Co. reiterates "hold" rating, raises price target from $10.50 to $13; Piper Jaffray downgrades from "neutral" to "underweight" rating, lowers price target from $12 to $7.
  • CareFusion (NYSE:CFN): Leerink Swann maintains “market perform” rating, $29 price target.
  • Covidien (NYSE:COV): Leerink Swann maintains "outperform" rating, ~$64 price target.
  • Dentsply International (NSDQ:XRAY): Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage with "hold" rating.
  • HeartWare International (NSDQ:HTWR): Leerink Swann maintains "outperform" rating, lowers price target to $100 from $105.
  • Hospira (NYSE:HSP): Barclays maintains “equal weight” rating, lowers price target top $34 from $36; Leerink Swann maintains "market perform" rating, $33-34 price target.
  • Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO): Canaccord Genuity reaffirms "hold" rating; Leerink Swann maintains "market perform" rating, $15 price target.
  • NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM): Canaccord Genuity maintains "buy" rating, cuts price target to $17 from $22.50; Leerink Swann reiterates "outperform" rating, raises price target to $14-$16 from $16-$18.
  • Sirona Dental Systems (NSDQ:SIRO): Leerink Swann maintains "outperform" rating, ~$64 price target
  • St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ): Leerink Swann maintains “outperform” rating, $50 price target.
  • Syneron Medical Ltd. (NSDQ:ELOS): Leerink Swann maintains “outperform” rating, $16-$17 price target.
  • Unilife (NSDQ:UNIS): Leerink Swann maintains "outperform" rating, $5-$6 price target.

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Alphatec, America’s Health Insurance Plans, CareFusion Corp., Getinge, Kinetic Concepts Inc., Sensimed

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