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| Sector | Acquiring Party | Transferring Party |
|---|---|---|
| Biopharmaceuticals | AstraZeneca PLC | MedImmune, Inc. |
| Significantly accelerates AstraZeneca's biologics strategy, creating an integrated biologics and vaccines business within the AstraZeneca Group more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Core Oncology | Mills Biopharmaceuticals, LLC, the brachytherapy division of Coloplast A/S |
| Strengthens Core's position in the growing prostate brachytherapy market and adds critical mass to justify the deployment of resources to build more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Eisai Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) | Morphotek Inc. |
| Morphotek adds two cancer drugs in early trials. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | GE Healthcare | Wave Biotech LLC |
| Allows GE Healthcare to expand its offerings for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals such as antibodies and vaccines. Terms not more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX) | FermaVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: FMVR) |
| Inhibitx gets the shingles drug about to enter early-stage clinical trials, as well as a series of preclinical compounds to treat human more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Sciele Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCRX) | Alliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Diversifies Sciele into pediatrics, with well-know patented products and a specialized field sales force of 85 persons. Deal value $122m plus $55m if more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Shire plc (LSE: SHP.L ; NASDAQ: SHPG ) | New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASADQ) |
| Shire can now drive the launch and future development, and gain the full economic benefits, of key new ADHD drugs. Strengthens Shire's position more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | The Blackstone Group | The drug manufacturing business of Cardinal Health Inc. |
| The strong market position of Cardinal's Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services unit in contract manufacturing, drug development, and packaging more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | AssistMed, Inc. | Clinication, Inc. |
| Clinication's software-based solutions instruct, remind, and reward patients, enhancing long-term compliance with medication and self-care more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) | Software of Excellence International Ltd. (NZX: SOE) |
| SOE serves a customer base of more than 5,000 practices in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. The deal extends Schein's geographical reach and more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | MedAssets Inc. | MD-X Solutions, Inc. |
| Enhances MedAssets' efforts to help providers improve their financial performance -- adds to its existing systems offerings and recently acquired more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Agilent Technologies Inc. | Stratagene Corp. |
| Strengthens Agilent's life science offerings in genomics and proteomics and provides opportunities for expanding the reach of Stratagene's more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Alpine Biomed Corp. | The Gastroenterology Diagnostics Product Line of Medtronic, Inc. |
| The acquired products complement Alpine's line focused on esophageal diagnostic testing. Alpine has been distributing the acquired line, as well more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. | Biosite Incorporated |
| Inverness outbid Beckman Coulter in this $1.68b deal, which significantly enhances Inverness in the fast-growing point-of-care diagnostics field, as more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (AMEX: IMA) | Quality Assured Services, Inc. |
| Provides Inverness with an established in-home patient service and distribution network, and a key position in the prescription self-testing market, more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Lifecare AS | Osmotex AS |
| Lifecare AS has been developing an implantable osmotic sensor for automated, continuous glucose measurements. The deal adds advanced nano and more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Madison Dearborn Partners | VWR International, Inc. |
| With $3.1 billion in global sales, VWR sells lab products such as chemicals, glassware and plasticware, safety equipment and instruments to more than more... | ||
| Diagnostics | NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHWK) | The Radlinx Group, a portfolio company of DW Healthcare Partners |
| Radlinx, the third largest provider of teleradiology services in the country to U.S. doctors, complements NightHawk's suite of radiology more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Philips Medical Systems | VMI-Sistemas Medicos |
| Substantially enhances Philips offerings in Brazil, especially in analogical and digital x-ray, cath-lab, mammography and ultrasound markets. VMI has more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Ameripath, Inc. |
| Establishes a leading position in cancer diagnostics with a focus on dermatopathology, anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics. The deal more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Roche Holding AG | Therapeutic Human Polyclonals, Inc. |
| Builds on Roche's strength in therapeutic antibodies and adds to its R&D organization. THP developed a unique transgenic mammalian platform more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Roche Holding AG | 454 Life Sciences |
| Gives Roche Diagnostics access to 454’s sequencing products and in-vitro diagnostic applications. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Roche Holding AG | NimbleGen Systems, Inc. |
| Roche gains entry into the market for high-density DNA microarrays (used in pharma research to understand genetic causes of disease and more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Roche Holding AG | BioVeris Corporation |
| Roche gains access to new electrochemiluminescense diagnostic technology, which makes molecules emit light. Roche plans to expand use of the ECL more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Sigma-Aldrich Corporation | Molecular Medicine BioServices, Inc. |
| Enhances Sigma-Aldridge's biologics capabilities, with new expertise in the development of viral products, with DNA, RNA and critical active more... | ||
| Distribution | MMS - A Medical Supply Company | Medical Innovations |
| Adds a major Southeast distribution presence and strenghtens MMS' long-term care coverage. Terms not more... | ||
| Distribution | PSS World Medical, Inc. | Activus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. |
| Activus' 14-person seasoned sales team accelerates PSS' expansion in the Southwest, while PSS product offerings and marketing will benefit more... | ||
| Distribution | TA Associates | Twin Med, LLC |
| TA teamed with the Twin Med founders in a $102.5m recap, which enables Twin Med to capitalize on new market growth opportunities. “The upward trend more... | ||
| Medical Devices | 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) | Articulos de Papel DMS Chile |
| Builds on 3M's core medical business and expands its full-line of disposable drapes for infection prevention in Latin America. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. | IntraLase Corp. |
| Establishes EYE as a global refractive technology leader, with a suite of corneal and lens-based products addressing refractive vision needs. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Aspen Surgical Products | The surgical marker line of Precision Dynamics Corporation |
| Adds to Aspens surgical marker and OR disposable line. This is an add-on acquisition for Aspen, a portfolio company of Roundtable Healthcare more... | ||
| Medical Devices | ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI ) | The surgical cryoablation business of CryoCath Technologies, Inc. (CYT.TO) |
| Follows from an existing distribution agreement under which ATS successfully grew cryoblation revenue and market share. With the deal, ATS more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Boston Scientific Corporation | Remon Medical Technologies Inc. |
| Adds innovative sensor and wireless communication technology to BSX's cardiac rhythm management product line -- smart, miniature implants more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) | Technology for treating symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) from Celsion Corporation (Amex: CLN) |
| Since 2004, BSX has exclusively distributed the Prolieve(R)Thermodilatation System, a non-surgical, less invasive, microwave-based treatment for more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Cardinal Health, Inc. | VIASYS Healthcare Inc. |
| Expands Cardinal's respiratory business and adds a range of complementary products to its medical disposables business, while leveraging its more... | ||
| Medical Devices | CardioVasc, Inc. | Acta Vascular Systems, Inc. |
| Combines the pioneering aneurysm treatment technology of CardioVasc with the established detachable balloon technology of Acta Vascular to serve the more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Cortec Group, Inc. | The Hygenic Corporation |
| Hygenic represents a new platform for Cortec, which believes there are substantial growth opportunities and product line extensions. Cortec bought more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Datascope Corp. | Artema Medical AB |
| Artema is the developer of a compact and power efficient side-stream gas analyzer, which is synergistic with the Datascope line. Artema's more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Elekta (STO:EKTAb) | 3D Line Medical Systems S.r.l. |
| Adds a product portfolio of advanced equipment and treatment planning software systems for performing radiation therapy with greater precision and more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Greatbatch, Inc. | Enpath Medical, Inc. |
| Expands GB's product offerings to CRM and broadens its reach into the vascular segment with a core introducer product line, while adding several more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB) | BIOMEC, Inc. |
| Expands Greatbatch's ability to provide device design and engineering services to its customers, while adding new technologies that may be more... | ||
| Medical Devices | INBONE Technologies, Inc. | Reiley Orthopedic, Inc. |
| Creates a wider surgical product line for the treatment of severe foot and ankle arthritis. The Reiley fusion system utilizes intra-medullary rods more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:IART) | LXU Healthcare Inc. |
| Luxtec's headlight systems are used by over 50,000 surgeons worldwide and provides the Jarit sales organization (part of Integra) with increased more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NasdaqGS:IART) | Physician Industries, Inc. |
| Adds critical mass to Integra's existing pain management product offerings. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Medical Devices | IntriCon Corporation (AMEX:IIN) | Tibbetts Industries, Inc. |
| Gives IntriCon access to key components that go into ear-worn communication devices used in hearing health, medical and professional audio products more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Ithaka Acquisition Corp. (OTCBB:ITHKU) | Alsius Corporation |
| The reverse SPAC merger enables Alsius to go public and Ithaka to fulfill its acquistion requirements as a "blank check" company (which more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medline Industries Inc. | The Curad bandage brand and business from Beiersdorf AG of Germany |
| Curad ranks second to J&J's Band-Aid brand in the wound-care industry. Medline will integrate Curad into its wound-care business. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) | The O-arm® Imaging System assets of Breakaway Imaging, LLC. |
| The O-arm Imaging System provides orthopedic surgeons with 3-D images, as well as multi-plane 2-D, and fluoroscopic imaging. Installed in 20 more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Mentor Corporation (NYSE:MNT) | Perouse Plastie SAS (Perouse) |
| Strengthens Mentor in foreign markets, including emerging areas. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Micromedics Inc. | Medco, Inc. |
| Increases Micromedics' revenue by 15% and provides a distribution channel to the over-the-counter market. Micromedics' products include more... | ||
| Medical Devices | NxStage Medical, Inc (Nasdaq: NXTM) | Medisystems Corporation |
| Medisystems is a U.S. market leader in hemodialysis blood tubing sets and related disposables, including the cartridge used in xStage's portable more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Onex Corporation | The Healthcare Imaging Group of Eastman Kodak Company |
| Onex acquires a major new platform in digital x-ray systems, molecular imaging systems and x-ray film, as well as dental imaging products, software more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Pioneer Surgical Technology | Encelle, Inc. |
| Allows Pioneer to enter $1.2b orthobiologics market. The 2 companies had an R&D collaboration for the development of a family of products to more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Sandvik AB (STO:SAND) | Doncasters Medical Technologies division (Doncastes Group Ltd UK) |
| Doncasters' implant business -- made of high-tech alloys -- supplements Sandvik's materials technology, manufacturing, and development more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Smith & Nephew Plc | Plus Orthopedics Holding AG |
| Increases Smith & Nephew's share of the global orthopedic reconstruction market to around 12% (4th largest mfger of hips and knees) and more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE: SNN) Advanced Wound Management business | BlueSky Medical Group, Inc |
| Negative pressure wound therapy ("NPWT") is the fastest growing segment of the woundcare market, estimated at $1.2b in '06. The more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Symmetry Medical Inc. | Riley Medical Inc. |
| Complementary product line fit and grows Symmetry's international presence, with cross-selling opportunities. Riley's US and European more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Symmetry Medical Inc. (NYSE: SMA) | TNCO Inc. |
| Diversifies Symmetry and leverages its sales and distribution network in routing TNCO products through it. TNCO's IP portfolio and customer more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNO) | Fascia Closure's 4Closure(TM) Surgical Fascia Closure System |
| Complements Synovis' interventional offerings and saleable into its current customer base. Terms not disclosed but potential U.S. market for more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) | Specialized Medical Devices, Inc. |
| Adds another well respected line of medical components, devices, implants and instruments used in orthopedics. Deal terms not disclosed but SMD had more... | ||
| Medical Devices | The management team of the Vermed subsidiary | CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC ) |
| The divestiture of Vermed enables CardioDynamics to focus on its high growth proprietary ICG business. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) | Sorbx LLC's AbsorbaTack(TM) product line |
| Complements Tyco's hernia repair more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Wright Medical Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI) | The foot and ankle reconstruction business of Darco International Inc. |
| Adds to Wright's position in foot and ankle surgery sector and complements its existing lower extremity lines. Also avails of Wright's more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI) | The external fixation product line of R&R Medical, Inc. |
| The acquired line addresses external fixation procedures most commonly performed by foot and ankle surgeons and surgical podiatrists. Wright's more... | ||
| Medical Services | Aetna | Schaller Anderson, Inc. |
| Improves Aetna's medical management coverage for state and federal programs in several regions and enhances its ability to manage populations more... | ||
| Medical Services | Bridgepoint Capital | Gambro Healthcare |
| Gambro is the second largest provider of dialysis care services in Europe with 155 clinics in 14 countries serving 12,000 patients and with ancillary more... | ||
| Medical Services | Crestview Partners | Symbion Surgery Centers |
| Due to the aging population and rising hospital costs, the ambulatory surgery center market is an attractive growth area. Deal value -- $637m, on more... | ||
| Medical Services | Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) | Paris O&P, Inc. |
| Strengthens Hanger's market position in those states. Hanger now has 619 patient care centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia, with more... | ||
| Medical Services | Physiotherapy Associates | Benchmark Medical |
| Creates one of the nation's largest outpatient rehabilitation services companies, with combined revenue of $420m and 5,500 employees operating in more... | ||
| Medical Services | Spi Technologies | Springfield Service Corp. |
| The deal strengthen Spi's relationships with more than 400 hospitals, multispecialty clinics and physician practices. In August 2006, SPi more... | ||
| Medical Services | SterilMed | The Scope Exchange |
| Combining the two companies' expertise in the repair and reprocessing of medical devices will provide customers with a comprehensive more... | ||
| Medical Services | Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNH) | Harborside Healthcare Corporation |
| After acquiring Peak Medical in Dec. 05 and pruning underperforming businesses and facilities, the Harborside deal helps Sun transform itself after more... | ||
| Medical Services | TA Associates | Alere Medical Incorporated |
| Disease management (DM) considered an important tool to drive down costs, especially by focusing on the chronic diseases that account for a more... | ||
| Medical Services | Texas Pacific Group (TPG) | HealthSouth Corporation |
| The Surgery Division, now Surgical Care Affiliates, is comprised of 137 outpatient surgery centers and 3 surgical hospitals, located in 35 states, more... | ||
| Medical Services | Water Street Healthcare Partners | Physiotherapy Associates |
| The divestiture permits Stryker to focus on its core surgical lines. Water Street intends to accelerate Physiotherapy Associates' growth and more... | ||
| Medical Services | Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe | United Surgical Partners International (NASDAQ:USPI) |
| Going private considered more opportune for growth and value creation. USPI operates 131 surgery centers and 10 private surgical hospitals. Deal more... | ||
| Medical Services | Zotec Solutions Inc | Healthcare Management Partners |
| Zotec Partners -- the combined company -- will hold a significant presence in the U.S. hospital-based physician billing market. Zotec’s clients more... | ||
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