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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 1Q08



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Sector Acquiring Party Transferring Party
Biopharmaceuticals Celgene Corporation Pharmion Corporation
Creates a leader in hematology/oncology therapies, with a strong portfolio of hematology and solid tumor candidates and innovative therapies for 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 HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. Alltracel Pharmaceuticals Plc
Gives HemCon a strong and immediate presence in Europe, and offers Alltracel inroads into the U.S. market. Also boosts HemCon's manufacturing more...

Biopharmaceuticals Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc
Adds to Reckit's healthcare expansion, especially with a US focus. In 06 it bought Boots' Nurofen pain killers and Strepsil throat lozenges. more...

Biopharmaceuticals Sciele Pharma, Inc Verus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Adding Verus' Twinject® epinephrine auto-injector and related Verus products under development (for the treatment of severe allergic more...

Biopharmaceuticals TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Israel) CoGenesys
A step toward Teva becoming a leading player in the biogenerics market, as that market evolves. CoGenesys' breadth of technologies and the depth more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Extended Care Information Network
Provides Allscirpts with one of the largest installed bases of care management clients in the US, with nearly 700 combined hospitals, as well as one more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT DocuSys, Inc. Prompte, LLC
Prompte's products help collect a patient's health history, identify surgical risks and set up a checklist for pre-operative surgical more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT Elekta AB CMS Inc
CMS's information systems support over 1,500 sites in clinical operations worldwide. Synergizes with with Elekta's clinical offerings. Deal more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT Halyard Capital HCPro, Inc.
Healthcare information provided to healthcare managers seen as a growth area. HCPro had completed 20 add-on acquisitions since '03. Terms not more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT Healthnostics, Inc. MedTrec, Inc.
Provides Healthnostics with a proprietary pharmacy data collection system, tracking patient medication schedules, indications and contraindications, more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT Misys Healthcare LLC Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
Combines Misys' strength in Practice Management and Allscripts’ strength in Electronic Health Records creating a single company to serve more...

Data Management/ Healthcare IT PMG Partners MEDIBIS
Increases the information services offerings to PMG's surgery center customer base. Terms not more...

Dental Warburg Pincus Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
Continues Warburg's torrid acquistion program in the medical device area, investing more $1b since 1989 in some 20 deals. Lifecore’s oral more...

Diagnostics Affymetrix Inc. USB Corporation
USB reagent platform complements Affymetrix' product portfolio and can add "next-generation" sequencing reagents. Deal value ~ more...

Diagnostics General Electric Co. Whatman Plc
Expands GE's $1.3b life science unit, formed with its 04 purchase of Amersham. GE provides tools for manufacturing biopharmaceuticals such as more...

Diagnostics Immucor, Inc. BioArray Solutions Ltd.
Broaden Immucor’s opportunities in transplant and transfusion related applications. Deal value - $117m. Immucor also said it plans to automate more...

Diagnostics Inovo Inc. CHAD Therapeutics Inc.
Uncertainty regarding Medicare reimbursement contributed to operating losses at CHAD and clouded the outlook for its oxygen therapy business. Chad more...

Diagnostics Invitrogen Corporation CellzDirect, Inc.
Complements Invitrogen's portfolio of complete cell systems, by adding new specialty cell systems. Deal value - $57m on revenues of $18m more...

Diagnostics Roche Holding AG Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
This was a hostile tender offer, turned friendly by a sweetened bid. Ventana’s technology helps to determine which drugs are most appropriate more...

Medical Devices A private French company Coviden Ltd.
Part of Covdiien's divestiture plan to focus on higher margin medical businesses. Terms not disclosed. The divested business had sales of more...

Medical Devices ArthroCare Corp. DiscoCare Inc.
Expand Arthrocare's reimbursement capability. Currently, ArthroCare uses DiscoCare for reimbursement support in its spine business on a contract more...

Medical Devices BioHorizons Implant Systems, Inc. Implant Logic Systems, Ltd.
ILS's Virtual Implant Placement software enables implantologists to view CT scans and create virtual implant treatment plans. Terms not 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 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 Exactech, Inc. France Medica SAS
Increases Exactech's penetration in the France. Deal value - $7.1m, plus more...

Medical Devices Heraeus Vadnais, Inc. Synovis Life Technologies, Inc.
Broadens Heraeus' customer base and product range, increasing its manufacturing capabilities and distribution network. The deal sharpens more...

Medical Devices LMA International N.V. Orthofix International N.V.
The pump line was developed by Breg, acquired by Orthofix in 03, but no longer fits strategically within Orthofix. Deal value - $ 5.9m plus a $1m 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 Opto Circuits Limited Circuits (India) Limited Criticare Systems, Inc.
Expands Opto Circuits' presence in patient monitoring, opens new global markets for Criticare's products and will enhances Opto Circuits' more...

Medical Devices RecoverCare Inc. Patient Care Systems Inc.
The addition of 38 service centers in 26 states, enhances RecoverCare's ability to service health-care facilities in areas such as Texas, the more...

Medical Devices Robert W. Baird & Co. Ellman International Inc.
Ellman's electrosurgery products seen as catering to dermatology and plastic surgery growth segments. Terms not more...

Medical Devices Symmetry Medical Inc. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
Adds needed manufacturing capacity to service a broader customer base, builds on the relationship with DePuy and expands Symmetry's East Coast more...

Medical Devices Wright Medical Group, Inc. INBONE Technologies, Inc.
Aids in Wright's strategy of becoming a leading supplier of foot and ankle surgical products. The addition of INBONE's ankle technology adds more...

Medical Services Allion Healthcare Inc. Biomed America
Gives Allion six additional pharmacy distribution centers and a platform to enter new markets for the chronically ill. Deal value - $117.8m in cash more...

Medical Services Bausch & Lomb, Inc. eyeonics Inc.
Eyeonics, founded in 1998, developed and markets the crystalens intraocular lens, which replaces the eye’s natural lens and has been implanted more...

Medical Services Gentiva Health Services, Inc. Home Health Care Affiliates, Inc.
Extends Gentiva's operations to 37 states and boosts its competitive position in the southeast region. Deal value - $55m on sales of more...

Medical Services Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. 5 regional orthotics and prosthetics shops.
Continues Hanger's roll-out/integration of O&P fitting loccations -- in CA, FL, AZ, CO, and WV. Increases market share in local markets. more...

Medical Services HealthTronics, Inc. Advanced Medical Partners, Inc.
AMPI's relationship with urologists and urological technologies enhance Healthronic's physician network and diversifies its revenue stream. more...

Medical Services Inverness Medical Innovations Matria Healthcare Inc.
Dovetails with recently acquired Alere and Paradigm, creating a large and integrated health mnagement organization. Deal Value -- $900m, on sales of more...

Medical Services MBF Healthcare Acquisitions Critical Homecare Solutions Holdings
This SPAC, backed by MBF Healthcare Partners, is paying $420m for a provider of home infusion sevies, with 33 locations in 14 states, most on the more...

Medical Services Mindray Medical International Limited 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...




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