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| Sector | Acquiring Party | Transferring Party |
|---|---|---|
| Biopharmaceuticals | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Kosan Biosciences Inc. |
| Enhances BMY's cancer treatment pipeline, including a late-stage compound for the blood cancer multiple myeloma. Part of the trend of big pharma more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. | U3 Pharma AG |
| U3's pipeline includes fully human antibodies as potential therapies for breast, lung and colorectal cancer. The acquisition complements more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | EUSA Pharma Inc | Cytogen Corporation |
| Brings to EUSA an established US commercial organization with a 40 person oncology sales force. Deal value - $22.6m on sales of $20.2m (1.1x) and more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | GlaxoSmithKline plc | Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Enables GSK to significantly enhance its metabolic, neurology, immunology and inflammation research efforts by establishing a presence in the field more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Ipsen, S.A. | Tercica, Inc. |
| Creates a leading global endocrinology company. Ipsen takes advantage of the weak dollar in buying the 75% of Tercica it does not own already at a more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Novartis Corp. | Protez Pharmaceuticals |
| Gives Novartis the rights to an antibiotic which could be used to fight superbugs such as MRSA, a hospital borne infection. The antibiotic is in more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Sepracor Inc. | Oryx Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Oryx's specialized product portfolio offers a commercial presence and an experienced management team in the Canadian pharmaceutical market, and more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Accelerates Takeda's entry into oncology. Millenium’s only commercial drug is Velcade, which competes with Celgene’s Revlimid. Recent more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | General Dynamics Information Technology | HLTH Corp. (formerly WebMD) |
| Substantially diversifies General Dynamics's information technology offerings, especially in the private sector. HLTH bought ViPS 4 years ago for more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | MedAssets Inc. | Accuro Healthcare Solutions Inc. |
| Creates critical mass in a highly fragmented industry and provides a comprehensive suite of RCM solutions to hospitals that are searching for a more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Nuance Communications, Inc. | eScription |
| Gives Nuance new technology, a strong customer base, recurring revenue and margin expansion from new service offerings. Deal value~ $363 more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Royal Philips Electronics | Dixtal Medical, Inc. |
| Marks Philips continued expansion in high-growth healthcare markets in emerging economies, following its earlier acquisitions of Shenzhen Goldway more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Becton Dickinson and Company | Cytopeia |
| Enhances BD's ability to address growing customer needs cell therapy research. Terms not more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Bracco Diagnostics Inc. | E-Z-EM, Inc. |
| E-Z-EM manufactures one of Bracco's oral imaging products and Bracco represents E-Z-EM in Italy as distributor; there are significant synergies. more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Invitrogen Corp. | Applied Biosystems Group / Applera |
| Applied Biosystems is one of several competitors in the race to develop faster, cheaper DNA analysis devices for sequencing human genes. It recently more... | ||
| Diagnostics | MDS Analytical Technologies | Blueshift Biotechnologies Inc. |
| Expands MDS' capabilities in cellular analysis and strengthens its global sales and service offering. There are only 14 IsoCyte instruments more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Varian Inc. | Oxford Diffraction Ltd. |
| Broadens Varian's range of detection products. Oxford products will be distributed globally via Varian's worldwide distribution network. Deal more... | ||
| Distribution | PSS World Medical, Inc. | Cascade Medical Supply, Inc. |
| Expands PSS' billing service in the Pacific Northwest, leveraging its existing ProClaim Part B business and expanding its sales and marketing more... | ||
| Distribution | Water Street Healthcare Partners | Trianim and Bound Tree Medical |
| Combines two leading providers in the EMS, respiratory and surgical markets. Together, the two companies provide more than 100,000 health care more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Analogic Corporation | Copley Controls Corporation |
| Expands Analogic's OEM product offerings, opens up new opportunities in Asia, and enhances its position as a leading provider of medical more... | ||
| Medical Devices | AngioDynamics | Diomed Holdings, Inc., Diomed, Inc. and Diomed Limited |
| The deal is for the U.S. and U.K. systems used in the endovenous laser treatment of varicose veins. The U.K. assets are tied up on bankrupcy court more... | ||
| Medical Devices | AngioDynamics, Inc. | Oncobionic, Inc. |
| Acquired technology holds the potential to safely treat a wide range of diseases from liver tumors to prostate cancer quickly and efficiently. Deal more... | ||
| Medical Devices | BioForm Medical, Inc. | Advanced Cosmetic Intervention, Inc. |
| ACI's GFX device creates RF heat lesions in nerve tissue to weaken nerve signal transduction and reduce the appearance of frown lines. The more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Boston Scientific Corporation | CryoCor, Inc. |
| The deal follows from collaboration between the 2 companies and the FDA's having problems with CyoCor's pre-market approval [PMA] application more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Bovie Medical Corporation | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| IP relates to conductive sintered steel as an electrode for radio frequency (RF) cutting and coagulation, intended to lower blood loss, quicken more... | ||
| Medical Devices | C. R. Bard, Inc. | Specialized Health Products International, Inc. |
| SHP's products are used to deliver therapeutic agents through vascular access ports and many are used to reduce the risk of accidental more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Cardinal Health Inc. | Enturia Inc. |
| Expands Cardinal's hospital infection control products line. Enturia's ChloraPrep liquid products disinfect patients' skin before more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Covidien | Pinyons Medical Technology Inc. |
| Includes the POWRSyringe Injector and POWRSyringe Monitor handheld, manual injection and inflation devices that have ergonomic benefits during more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Covidien Ltd. | Tissue Science Laboratories plc |
| Provides Covidien with leading tissue repair technology and accelerates its entry into the rapidly growing biologic hernia repair market. Deal value more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Kinetic Concepts Inc. | LifeCell Corp. |
| Adds a leading platform in the rapidly growing biosurgery market. The combined companies are expected to generate revenue of approximately $2b in 08. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation | LipoSonix, Inc. |
| Broadens Medicis' aesthetics portfolio pipeline with an alternative to invasive liposuction for targeted fat reduction, addressing a large market more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medline Industries, Inc | Chester Labs |
| Medline is acquiring an important supplier with which it recently signed a supply agreement for Chester's alcohol-free mouth rinse which Medline more... | ||
| Medical Devices | MEDRAD, Inc. | Possis Medical, Inc. |
| Furthers MEDRAD’s commitment to the growing cardiovascular intervention field, involving > 80m people with some form of cardiovascular more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Natus Medical Incorporated | SonaMed Corporation |
| Fills out Natus' product line in newborn hearing screening. Two-thirds of Sonamed's revenue comes from disposable supplies, at high margins. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Novartis AG | Alcon Inc. |
| A two-stage deal to buy Nestlé's 77% stake in Alcon. The world's largest eye care company with sales of $5.6b, Alcon complements more... | ||
| Medical Devices | OccuLogix, Inc. | OcuSense, Inc. |
| Gives Occulogix access to a simple, point-of-care test that provides detailed information on the osmolarity level of a person’s tears. Deal more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Orthofix International N.V. | Intelligent Implant Systems, LLC |
| IIS's spinal system offers a unique locking mechanism that simplifies implantation and improves surgeon flexibility. Deal value -- $2.5m plus more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Parker Hannifin Corporation | HTR Holding Corp. |
| Deal includes a roll-up of contract manufacturers -- Hi- Tech Rubber, Inland Technologies, Ventrex. Accusil. A.C. Hoffman Engineering and Infinity more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Sandvik | Eurocut Ltd. |
| Broadens Sanvik's medical technology program and expands it into orthopedics. Deal value ~ more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Spectranetics Corporation | Kensey Nash Corporation |
| Strengthens Stratranetics' presence in the treatment of thrombus and chronic total occlusions and complements Spectrnetics' laser ablation more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Teijin Ltd | Braden Partners L.P. |
| Exapnds Teijin's medical and pharmaceuticals business in the U.S. Deal value ~ $114m on sales of $113m more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Volcano Corporation | Novelis, Inc. |
| Novelis' core product includes an image-guided crossing catheter that combines visualization, steerability and RF tissue ablation designed to more... | ||
| Medical Services | Express Scripts, Inc. | Medical Services Company |
| Enhances Express Script's PBM cost-management tools and customer segments, in providing cost containment servicess. Medical Services is a more... | ||
| Medical Services | Inverness Medical Innovations | Matria Healthcare Inc. |
| Dovetails with recently acquired Alere and Paradigm, creating a large and integrated health management organization. Deal Value -- $900m, on sales more... | ||
| Medical Services | Mindray Medical International Limited | Datascope Corp. |
| Mindray continues its US market expansion creating the third-largest player in the global patient monitoring device industry. Deal value - $202m on more... | ||
| Medical Services | The Blackstone Group | Apria Healthcare Group |
| Apria runs about 550 respiratory and infusion therapy locations throughout the US and services more 2m patients a year. Apria, which bough rival more... | ||
| Medical Services | TowerBrook Capital Partners LP | Tenet Healthcare Corp. |
| Broadlane, which began as the materials management department of Tenet, provides supply-chain management and related services to acute-care more... | ||
| Medical Services | Walgreen Company | I-trax, Inc. |
| Helps create a new health and wellness platform providing worksite health services. Along with the acquisition of Cleveland-based Whole Health, the more... | ||
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