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Angiotech

Chinese VCs Vivo Capital, ZQ Capital lead syndicate in Angiotech acquisition

December 19, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, which rebranded in 2013 as Surgical Specialties Corp., said today that it agreed to be acquired by a syndicate led by Chinese venture capital shops Vivo Capital and ZQ Capital for an undisclosed amount. Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners, China Orient Asset Management and Fung Shing Investments also joined the transaction, which is slated […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Surgical, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Angiotech, Vivo Capital, ZQ Capital

Surgical Specialties to shutter Pennsylvania plant

March 24, 2015 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Surgical Specialties to shutter Pennsylvania plant

Surgical instruments maker Surgical Specialties is planning to permanently shutter a plant in its hometown of Reading, Pa., this spring, meaning layoffs for roughly 254 workers.

Filed Under: News Well, Surgical Tagged With: Angiotech, Layoffs, Surgical Specialties

Bidding war for Carestream heats up | Wall Street Beat

March 29, 2013 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

At least 5 major private equity players are vying for medical device company Carestream Health, including Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co., according to Reuters.

Onex Corp. is hoping to unload Carestream, formed in the 2007 spinout of Eastman Kodak Co.’s healthcare business, for up to $3.5 billion, the news service reported.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Angiotech, Bain Capital, Carestream Health Inc., Carlyle Group, Hologic, Immucor Inc., Lumenis Ltd., Oculeve, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Angiotech hands $363M in interventional assets back to Argon Medical

March 26, 2013 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals logo
Argon Medical Devices logo

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals plans to retire all of its outstanding debt obligations with part of the $362.5 million it stands to gain through the sale of its interventional products business back to Argon Medical Devices.

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Angiotech, Argon Medical Devices Inc., Deals Roundup, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Angiotech narrows losses following bankruptcy, restructuring

November 16, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Angiotech logo

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals unveiled its 3rd quarter results, demonstrating narrowed losses in the year following the company’s bankruptcy and restructuring efforts.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: 2012, Angiotech, Q3

Angiotech settles severance beef with former president & CEO for $6.5M

November 15, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Angiotech logo

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals reached an agreement in principal with former president & CEO William Hunter to settle a matter regarding Hunter’s termination payments, with Hunter receiving more than double the company’s initial cash offer.

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Angiotech, Personnel Moves

World Heart’s 2011 sales go negative | Earnings roundup

April 6, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Earnings Roundup

 World Heart’s 2011 sales go negative

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well Tagged With: 2011, ALR Technologies Inc., AngioDynamics, Angiotech, LED Medical Diagnostics Inc., Mauna Kea Technologies, Opko Health Inc., Organovo, PLC Systems Inc., PositiveID Corp., Q4, Response Biomedical Corp., SOLOS Endoscopy Inc., Vycor Medical Inc., World Heart Corp.

Gingrich’s health consulting group goes under | Wall Street Beat

April 6, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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The Center for Health Transformation, a health care think tank launched by GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week, listing liabilities of between $1 million and $10 million that it says it can’t repay.

The organization’s assets, which it listed in court filings at between $50,000 and $100,000, will be liquidated and the business may subsequently close.

Filed Under: News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, American CryoStem, Angiotech, Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., Elron Electronic Industries, EnteroMedics Inc., GE Healthcare, Hologic, Hypertension Diagnostics, Johnson and Johnson, Kensey Nash Corp., Merck, MiMedx Group Inc., VirtualScopics Inc., Zoll Medical

Study: Cordis Corp.’s TrapEase vena cava filter shows high fracture rate

November 30, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Cordis TrapEase permanent vena cava filter

TrapEase permanent vena cava filter

A new study reported a high fracture rate among permanent inferior vena cava filters made by Cordis Corp., a device-making arm of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ).

In a Japanese study of 20 patients with Cordis’ TrapEase IVC filter, the devices fractured in half the patients at 50 months.

Filed Under: Implants, News Well, Research & Development, Vascular Tagged With: Angiotech, C.R. Bard, Cordis Corp., Johnson and Johnson, Rex Medical L.P.

Mako Surgical boosts Q3 sales, losses still widen | Earnings Roundup

November 10, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Mako Surgical

Shares of Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) are down 6.6 percent since the robotic surgery firm reported wider third-quarter losses, despite a nearly 67 percent increase in sales.

Mako reported losses of $9.7 million, or 24 cents per share, on sales of $20.0 million during the three months ended Sept. 30.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Robotics Tagged With: Angiotech, Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Elron Electronic Industries, MAKO Surgical Corp., Q3, Syneron Medical Ltd., Unilife Corp., VirtualScopics Inc.

LeMaitre lowers 2011 guidance, spikes stent graft business

May 23, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

LMAT logo

LeMaitre Vascular Inc. (NSDQ:LMAT) says it will close a Laguna Hills, Calif. manufacturing facility the company picked up in last year’s $2.8 million buyout of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s (NSDQ:ANPI) Lifespan vascular graft business.

The Burlington, Mass.-based cardiac device maker is expected to complete the closure by the end of the third quarter and move production to its Massachusetts facility.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Angiotech, Edwards Lifesciences, LeMaitre Vascular Inc., Minimally Invasive Surgery

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