Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that it agreed to pay at least $132 million to acquire French robot-assisted surgery firm Medtech (EPA:ROSA). Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet has already paid €50.00 per share ($55.39) for more than 1.4 million ROSA shares, which is about 58.77% of the Montpellier, France-based company’s stock, to founder & CEO Bertin Nahum, Newfund and other owners. […]
Analyst: Medtronic most likely to challenge Intuitive Surgical in robot-assisted surgery
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is the most likely rival to Intuitive Surgical‘s (NSDQ:ISRG) dominance in the robot-assisted surgery space, but is still at least a year away from putting a competing device on the market, according to 1 analyst covering the medical device industry. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive has a long lead, having had its flagship da Vinci system since 2000 and is […]
NASS 2015 Roundup: Spine trends stabilizing, new fields taking center stage
The spinal med device market appears to be stabilizing with growth in 3 key areas, according to a letter to investors published this week from Leerink Partner’s Richard Newitter, who attended the North American Spine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago last week. Newitter said the meeting was “neutral-to-positive” for firms in the spinal market, and said […]
