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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 1Q07



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Acquiring Party    Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (AMEX: IMA), a leading manufacturer of rapid diagnostic products for the consumer and professional markets, with a focus on women's health, cardiology and infectious disease.
Transferring Party    Instant Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of on-site rapid test devices that include drug and alcohol testing, women's health and clinical diagnostics.
Sector    Diagnostics
Date    March 14, 2007
Analysis
For $43.7m, Inverness buys 75% of Instant Technologies, the largest single distributor for Inverness' drugs of abuse testing products. There are provisions for the buyout of the remaining 25%. Instant Technologies' revenues are $23.0m.




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