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Viking Systems Inc.

ConMed closes tender offer for Viking Systems | Wall Street Beat

September 24, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

ConMed (NSDQ:CNMD) said it’s closed its 27¢-per-share tender offer for Viking Systems (OTC:VKNG), leaving it with about 84% of shares in the medical imaging maker.

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Bruker Corp., Carestream Health Inc., Cerbomed, ConMed Corp., cyberonics, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), SurgLine Inc., Tribogenics, Viking Systems Inc.

ConMed lays out $23M for Viking Systems

August 14, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

ConMed
Viking Systems

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: ConMed Corp., Viking Systems Inc.

Varian and Siemens launch global radiosurgery deal | Wall Street Beat

April 26, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

 Varian and Siemens sign global radiosurgery collaboration deal

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well, Optical/Ophthalmic, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Amgen, Bausch + Lomb, Baxter, Cadence Biomedical, Fluoptics, Forus Health, Hamilton Thorne Inc., HeartWare International Inc., Innovacell, Keir Surgical, NxStage Medical Inc., Palomar Medical Technologies Inc., PhotoMedex Inc., Siemens, Varian Medical Systems, Viking Systems Inc., Zimmer Biomet

BD to deal labware biz to Corning for $730M | Wall Street Beat

April 10, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) said it agreed to sell its BD Biosciences – Discovery Labware unit to Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) for about $730 million in cash.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Allergan, Amgen, becton dickinson, Cook Group Inc., Corning Inc., Delcath Systems Inc., NeoMatrix, Positron Corp., Premier Inc., Viking Systems Inc., WaveTec Vision, ZipLine Medical

Boston Scientific launches Pluromed’s BackStop kidney stone treatment | Wall Street Beat

April 2, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) launched its BackStop kidney stone treatment product in the U.S. and certain international markets this week.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Arrhythmia Research Technology Inc., Boston Scientific, Bruker Corp., BSD Medical Corp., CaridianBTC, China Northern Medical Device Inc., Computer Vision Systems Laboratories, CPC of America Inc., Derma Sciences Inc., Dexcom, Edwards Lifesciences, Encision Inc., Life Core Technologies LLC, Medical Action Industries Inc., Montel Aetnastak, Neurometrix, Obalon Therapeutics, Optos Inc., Pluromed Inc., Positron Corp., Sanofi-Aventis, Siemens, Smith & Nephew, Spacesaver Corp., SpectraScience Inc., SPO Medical Inc., stjudemedical, Terumo, Vasomedical Inc., Viking Systems Inc., Volcano Corp., Winner Medical Group Inc., Wound Care Innovations, Wound Management Technologies

Report: Covidien to acquire superDimension for $350M | Wall Street Beat

March 14, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Covidien (NYSE:COV) is set to close a $350 million buyout of Israeli lung diagnosis firm superDimension by the end of the week, according to Israeli business journal Calcalist.

Founded in Tel Aviv by Pinchas Gilboa, Minneapolis-based superDimension, which employs about 120 people worldwide, also has offices in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: BioDirection, Boston Scientific, BSN Medical, Cameron Health Inc., CardioInsight Technologies Inc., Covidien, Debt Financing, Eloquest Healthcare, Foundation Medical Partners, Functional Neuromodulation, GE Healthcare, Integrated Healing Technologies, Irrimax Corp., Kensey Nash Corp., Linet, Nanosys, Novation, Omeros Corp., Philips, Premier Inc., pSivida Corp., Pulmonary, SuperDimension Inc., ViewRay Inc., Viking Systems Inc.

Angeion narrows Q1 losses despite flat sales | Earnings Roundup

March 1, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Angeion logo

Angeion Corp. (NSDQ:ANGN) narrowed its 1st-quarter losses despite flat sales for the 3 months ended Jan. 31.

Although dragged down by a tough European climate, focusing on group purchasing organization and service revenues kept the company’s sales from sliding, the cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems maker said.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Alphatec, Angeion Corp., Exactech Inc., iCad Inc., InSite Vision Inc., MedPro Safety Products, MiMedx Group Inc., Mindray Medical International Ltd., Natus Medical Inc., Q4, Viking Systems Inc.

Bankers’ outlook grim for U.S. IPOs | Wall Street Beat

January 5, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Wall Street Beat

Bankers aren’t expecting much excitement in the U.S. market for initial public offerings this year, as China spends another year at the top.

About half of the 100 capital markets execs surveyed predict growth in IPOs this year, compared to 72% of those surveyed in advance of 2011, according to BDO USA, an accounting and consulting firm.

Only 16% of those surveyed expected any growth to be "significant," while 35% expect flat growth and 15% predicted that the market will continue to slide.

Filed Under: Initial Public Offering (IPO), News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: 3m, Baxter, BDO USA, becton dickinson, C.R. Bard, Cardium Therapeutics, CareFusion Corp., Echo Therapeutics Inc., Edwards Lifesciences, Hologic, Intuitive Surgical, Oncologix Tech Inc., stjudemedical, Thoratec Corp., Varian Medical Systems, Viking Systems Inc., Volcano Corp.

Covidien taps Quanterix CEO for board | Personnel Moves

November 27, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Med-tech titan Covidien (NYSE:COV) named Quanterix Corp. CEO Martin Madaus to its board of directors.

Madaus, the former head of Millipore, was tapped by Quanterix in September for the corner office. His nomination, effective Dec. 1, is slated for a shareholder vote next year.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: BeneChill Inc., Boston Scientific, Covidien, Dune Medical Devices Inc., Personnel Moves, Quanterix Corp., Regeneron, Viking Systems Inc.

Smith & Nephew falls on softer orthopedic margins | Earnings Roundup

November 4, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Smith & Nephew

Lower margins for Smith & Nephew’s (NYSE:SNN) bread-and-butter orthopedics division drove the British company’s third-quarter profits down nearly 3 percent for the three months ended Oct. 1.

Smith & Nephew posted profits of $133 million, or 14.9 cents per share, on sales of $1.03 billion for the quarter – a top-line increase of 9.7 percent when compared with the $941 million in revenues reported for the same period last year. But Q3 2010 profits were $137 million, or 15.4 cents per share.

Filed Under: MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Orthopedics Tagged With: Digirad Corp., Iridex Corp., Novadaq, Q3, Rochester Medical Corp., Smith & Nephew, SurModics Inc., Viking Systems Inc.

Medical device investment rose during Q2, even as deal volume fell | Wall Street Beat

October 6, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Medical device investment deals got fatter and less frequent during the second quarter, as the value of deals grew 9 percent but their number slid 17 percent, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Backers pumped $841 million into med-tech firms with 90 deals during the three months ended June 30, according to the consulting firm’s MoneyTree report. That’s up 26 percent and 3 percent, respectively, over the first quarter. The industry’s share of the venture capital cash spend on life sciences last quarter ticked down to 40 percent, however, compared with Q1 numbers.

Filed Under: News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: becton dickinson, Citigroup, Delcath Systems Inc., Hillrom, Insulet, Invacare, Leerink Partners, MAKO Surgical Corp., Nuvasive, Palomar Medical Technologies Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Solta Medical Inc., stjudemedical, Stryker, Venture Capital/Private Equity, Viking Systems Inc.

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