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Will Acelity go public again?

December 14, 2018 By Nancy Crotti Leave a Comment

Privately held Acelity may go public again, according to news reports this week. London-based Apax Partners and a pair of Canadian pension funds acquired wound-care company Kinetic Concepts Inc. (now Acelity) for $6.1 billion in a leveraged buyout in 2011.  Apax is now mulling an initial public offering for Acelity by mid-2019, Bloomberg and the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Business/Financial News, Initial Public Offering (IPO), News Well, Wall Street Beat, Wound Care Tagged With: Acelity, Apax Partners, kci

Apax Partners-backed Co acquires India’s Healthium MedTech

April 6, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Apax Partners said today that Quinag Acquisition, which is backed by funds advised by Apax, inked a deal to acquire India’s Healthium MedTech Private Limited, formerly known as Sutures India, in a deal worth approximately $350 million. A controlling stake in the company was acquired from existing shareholders TPG Growth, CX Partners and its founding […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: Apax Partners, healthiummedtech

BD to divest stake in Vyaire Medical to Apax Partners in $435m deal

March 19, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) said today it agreed to divest itself of its minority stake in respiratory solutions joint venture Vyaire Medical to joint manager Apax Partners in a deal worth $435 million. The sale will put Vyaire Medical, which Apax and BD formed in 2016 around BD’s ventilation, respiratory diagnostics, vital signs and AirLife businesses, under direct control […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Respiratory Tagged With: Apax Partners, bectondickinson, Vyaire Medical

Go-shop ends in Syneron sale to PE firm Apax Partners

May 10, 2017 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Syneron (NSDQ:ELOS) said today that the 37-day “go-shop” period for its $397 million acquisition by private equity firm Apax Partners has ended without another rival emerging. Syneron said that during the “go-shop” period, it solicited 59 potential buyers, with 2 potential bidders negotiating and entering into a confidentiality agreement with Syneron. However, the company said it […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Apax Partners, Syneron Medical Ltd.

UPDATE: Apax inks $397m deal to acquire Syneron Medical

April 3, 2017 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Updated to include newly obtained information on the deal from Syneron Medical Syneron (NSDQ:ELOS) said today it inked an agreement to be acquired by private equity fund Apax Partners for approximately $397 million. Through the deal, Apax Partners will pay $11 per share for all outstanding shares of Israeli aesthetic device developer Syneron. Syneron, and its Candela […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cosmetic/Aesthetic, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: Apax Partners, Syneron Medical Ltd.

BD, Apax Partners close Vyaire respiratory JV deal, tap ex-Tornier chief Mowry for CEO

October 4, 2016 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) said today it finalized the launch of a respiratory solutions joint venture with Apax Partners under the Vyaire Medical brand. The deal, which the companies announced in March, will put a controlling 50.1% of BD’s respiratory solutions business under the control of the private equity shop, and put former Tornier (NSDQ:TRNX) chief exec […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Respiratory, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Apax Partners, bectondickinson, Vyaire Medical

Becton Dickinson deals controlling half of respiratory business to Apax Partners

March 8, 2016 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) said today that it inked a deal to sell a 50.1% stake in its respiratory business to private equity giant Apax Partners for an undisclosed amount, forming a joint venture to operate the unit as a stand-alone company. The new entity will take BD’s ventilation, respiratory diagnostics, vital signs and AirLife businesses on […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Respiratory, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Apax Partners, bectondickinson, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Ex-trader loses bid to dismiss insider trading case

January 20, 2016 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Sean Stewart, a former executive with JP Morgan and Perella Weinberg Partners who is accused of insider trading based on his work on several medical device transactions, lost his bid to have criminal charges dismissed from a federal court in New York. Federal prosecutors in May 2015 charged Stewart, his father Robert Stewart and a 3rd […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Apax Partners, bectondickinson, CareFusion Corp., Gen-Probe Inc., Hologic Inc., INC Research Inc., Insider Trading, Kendle International Inc., Kinetic Concepts Inc.

ConMed ripe for M&A | The week in medtech M&A

May 27, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Analyst: ConMed ripe for M&A spree May 19, 2015 by Fink Densford ConMed, in the middle of an under-appreciated turnaround, could be poised to augment its growth via selective acquisitions, according to Leerink Partners analyst Richard Newitter. Newitter, who upgraded CNMD shares to “outperform” and boosted the price target to $64 from $60, wrote in […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Apax Partners, Baxalta, Baxter, bectondickinson, CareFusion Corp., ConMed Corp., cyberonics, Gen-Probe Inc., Hologic Inc., INC Research Inc., JP Morgan Chase, Kendle International Inc., Kinetic Concepts Inc., Lincare, Linde, Perella Weinberg Partners, Sorin Group

Feds charge ex-JP Morgan exec, father in medtech insider trading scheme

May 15, 2015 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Feds charge ex-JP Morgan exec, father in medtech insider trading scheme

Federal prosecutors in New York this week charged a father-and-son team with insider trading connected with a spate of mergers in the medical device arena.

Filed Under: Legal News, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Apax Partners, bectondickinson, CareFusion Corp., Gen-Probe Inc., Hologic Inc., INC Research Inc., Insider Trading, JP Morgan Chase, Kendle International Inc., Kinetic Concepts Inc., Lincare, Linde, Perella Weinberg Partners

Failure of Medtronic’s Symplicity-3 trial doesn’t mean the end of renal denervation for hypertension | Medtech Wall Street news for the week of September 1, 2014

September 4, 2014 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Renal denervation isn't dead, despite Medtronic trial's failure

September 2, 2014 by Brad Perriello

Filed Under: News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Acelity, Apax Partners, Baxter, Boston Scientific, Centaur Guernsey, Covidien, Kinetic Concepts Inc., Kona Medical, LifeCell Corp., ReCor Medical, stjudemedical, Systagenix Wound Management Inc.

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