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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) long-term debt’s “A+” rating yesterday, after the med-tech titan announced another debt offering.
The rating agency said its view of Medtronic’s senior unsecured notes and its stable rating outlook “reflect the company’s ‘strong’ business risk profile and ‘modest’ financial risk profile.”
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) nabbed light-emitting diode-maker Spire Semiconductor LLC for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed at cutting costs, speeding development and spurring innovation.
Spire’s advanced LED technology was spun into a wholly owned Hudson, N.H.-based subsidiary named Masimo Semiconductor, which will develop custom components for Masimo’s devices as well as for biomedical, telecommunications, consumer products and other markets, according to a press release.
Bayer HealthCare’s (ETR:BAYN) MedRad subsidiary paid an undisclosed amount for Pathway Medical Technologies Inc. and its atherectomy technology.
Kirkland, Wash.-based Pathway makes mechanical devices used to the clear blood vessel blockages in the leg known as peripheral arterial disease. The devices cut away the arterial plaque that constricts blood flow in the leg.
