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| Sector | Acquiring Party | Transferring Party |
|---|---|---|
| Biopharmaceuticals | Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | MacroChem Corporation |
| Brings multiple late-stage oncology drug candidates into the Access pipeline, some of which are further along than Access' current assets. Deal more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | CytRx Corporation | Innovive Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Acquired portfolio includes four clinical-stage oncology drug candidates, balancing out CytRx's near-, medium-, and long-term revenue more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Eli Lilly and Company | SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Allows Lilly to integrate SGX's 3 dimensional structure-guided drug discovery platform into its own drug discovery efforts and provides several more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Fresenius Kabi | APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Fresenius Kabi achieves a leading position in the US injectable generics market. With the APP platform, Fresenius Kabi can market its product range more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Meda AB | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International |
| Combines complementary product lines in neurology and dermatology, offers integration benefits by combining organizations in Western Europe and more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Novartis Corp. | Speedel |
| Follows from a collaboration on the blood pressure drug Tekturna; Novatis will save $30m in royalty payments, gain access to Speedel's drug more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Roche Holding AG | Mirus Bio Corp. |
| Accelerate Roche's position in RNAi gene silencing technology, after it entered a major alliance with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in 07. RNAi more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Roche Holding AG | Arius Research Inc. |
| Helps beef up Roche's portfolio of experimental therapies for cancer and inflammation with a platform technology for selecting antibodies -- a more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Sanofi-Aventis SA | Acambis PLC |
| Bolsters Sanofi's position in the vaccine market. In early 08 Acambis won a $425m, 10-yr contract to provide the U.S. government with its small more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Sanofi-Aventis SA | Zentiva NV |
| Gives France's largest drugmaker more than 180 generic medicines, including copies of Merck & Co.'s Zocor for cholesterol, and the top more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Shire Limited | Jerini AG |
| Facilitates the market introduction in Europe of the orphan drug Firazyr for hereditary angioedema (a rare genetic disease) and allows for marketing more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. | Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Strengthens Stiefel's position in the global dermatology market. Deal value- $148m, on $29.7m of revenue and negative more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Enhances Teva's position in the U.S. and key Central and Eastern European markets; adds development resources and breadth to Teva’s product more... | ||
| Biopharmaceuticals | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International | Coria Laboratories, Ltd. |
| Expands Valeant’s business in the U.S. and enhances its dermatology business. Deal value -- $95m on sales of more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | CBaySystems Holdings Ltd. | Philips Electronics N.V. |
| Cbay buying the 69.5% stake in Medquist owned by Philips, as Philips sheds a non-core asset. In Nov 07 Philips announced its intention to auction off more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Eclipsys Corp. | Medinotes |
| With practice management and electronic medical record (EMR) solutions in over 5,000 medical practices across the U.S, Mediinotes gives Eclipsys more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Health Care Service Corp. of Chicago | MEDecision Inc. |
| Diversifies Health Care Services from managed care to a more proactive, nationally marketed healthcare IT function. Some of the "Blues" more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | iCAD, Inc. | CAD Sciences |
| Provides advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early detection of the most cancers via MRI and CT modalities. Deal value -- more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Phase Forward | Clarix LLC |
| The IRT market for clinical trial management is evolving from a telephone-focused model to a Web-based. Clarix’s IRT systems have been more... | ||
| Data Management/ Healthcare IT | Tripos International | Pharsight Corporation |
| Combines design and analysis tools from Tripos and Pharsight to enhance pharmaceutical R&D and offers new products to the customers of each more... | ||
| Diagnostics | BioMérieux | AviaraDx, Inc. |
| Enables BioMérieux to offer valuable diagnostic tools to classify cancers on a molecular level to assist with prognosis. BioMerieux focuses on more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc. | North American Scientific, Inc. |
| Enhances E&Z's imaging business. Acquired line includes radiation sources and standards used in a variety of areas for calibration, more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Hologic, Inc. | Third Wave Technologies Inc. |
| Helps accelerate the growth of Hologic's diagnostics division by giving it access to diagnostic tests used for cystic fibrosis, hepatitis C, more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Immucor, Inc. | BioArray Solutions Ltd. |
| Broadens Immucor’s opportunities in transplant and transfusion related applications. Deal value - more... | ||
| Diagnostics | MediCult a/s | MidAtlantic Diagnostics, Inc |
| MediCult acquires a pipeline of innovative, predominantly disposable, products to help infertile couples and enhance its ART business, especially in more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Nanogen, Inc. | The Elitech Group |
| Creates a global provider of products to the molecular, point-of-care, clinical chemistry and microbiology diagnostics markets with expected first more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Pall Corporation | GeneSystems |
| GeneSystems rapid microbiological detection system expands Pall’s fluid management capabilities in the $1b biopharm process monitoring market. more... | ||
| Diagnostics | QIAGEN N.V. | Corbett Life Science Pty. Ltd. |
| Corbett's system, which detects real-time polymerase chain reactions which make specific sequences of DNA and RNA targets visible through more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Affinity BioReagents |
| Enhances Thermo's capabilities in protein research and combines Affinity's reagents with its current proteomics offerings to create more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | FIBERLite Centrifuge, Inc. |
| Enhances Thermo Fisher's centrifugation offerings and brings additional R&D capabilities. FIBERLite's sales were $7m; terms not more... | ||
| Diagnostics | Veridex, LLC | Immunicon Corp |
| Veridex and Immunicon entered a partnership to develop cancer diagnostic products, but when Immunicon sued Veridex for violating its "best more... | ||
| Medical Devices | ConvaTec | Unomedical |
| The combination will create a company with $1.6 billion in annual sales with a significantly expanded global footprint. Unomedical’s strong more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Covidien Ltd. | CardioDigital Inc. |
| Strengthens Covidien's patient monitoring business -- CardioDigital’s technology complement Coviden's Nellcor pulse oximetry platform more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | SurgRx |
| Provides a new platform to complement Ethicon's Harmonic line of ultrasonic medical devices -- the EnSeal bipolar tissue sealing system that more... | ||
| Medical Devices | GE Healthcare | Vital Signs Inc. |
| Vital Signs' anesthesia disposables complement GE's anesthesia, monitoring and respiratory equipment and can be better sold via GE's more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Getinge AB | Datascope Corp. |
| Advances Getinge's cardiovascular business worldwide with Datascope's product portfolio and sales organization. Synergies expected from more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation | Theken Spine, LLC, Theken Disc, LLC and Therics, LLC |
| Deepens Integra's position in spinal surgery. Theken offers novel implant products, a technology pipeline, demonstrated R&D capacity, an more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Linden LLC, | Cardinal Health, Inc. |
| Cardinal divests of a non-core asset acquired in the Viasys transaction. Corpak makes single use enteral feeding delivery devices and systems, as more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medline Industries, Inc. | DelSite, Inc. |
| Adds to Medline's increasing wound care focus and allows DelSite to focus on its polymer drug and vaccine delivery technology. Terms not more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Medtronic, Inc | Restore Medical, Inc. |
| Restore's Pillar Palatal Implant System is an FDA approved, minimally invasive, implantable medical device used to treat mild to moderate more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Natus Medical Incorporated | Schwarzer GmbH's Neurology Division |
| Helps grow Natus' presence in diagnostic neurology systems in the German-speaking regions of Europe. Deal value ~ $7.2m on sales of $7.0m more... | ||
| Medical Devices | NDS Surgical Imaging | Planar Systems, Inc. |
| The combined entity will be able to connect the realms of PACS imaging and surgical video/informatics, delivering valuable innovation to the more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Nordic Capital Fund VII and Avista Capital Partners | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company |
| ConvaTec is a leading producer of innovative wound therapeutics and ostomy care products. Part of BMY's divestiture strategy of refocusing on more... | ||
| Medical Devices | NuVasive, Inc. | Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Provides a new proprietary adult stem cell bone platform containing beneficial properties similar to autografts, as well as a processing facility more... | ||
| Medical Devices | SAES Getters S.p.A. | Memry Corporation |
| Adds nitinol technologies to SAES Getter's activities in the shape memory alloy sector and leverages its international distribution network while more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Spin-off | Cardinal Health |
| Brings sharper focus to the clinical and medical products side of Cardinal, which includes the Alaris® IV infusion and Pyxis® dispensing more... | ||
| Medical Devices | St. Jude Medical Inc. | EP MedSystems |
| Adds two "growth drivers" to St. Jude for atrialfibrillation and other electrophysiology catheterization procedures and expedites St. more... | ||
| Medical Devices | St. Jude Medical, Inc. | Datascope Corp. |
| Adds to St. Jude's vascular line and completes Datascope's plan to exit the vascular closure market and phase out its Interventional Products more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Theragenics Corporation | NeedleTech Products, Inc. |
| Diversifies Theragenics, increases its breadth of offerings to its existing customers (in both its surgical and prostate segments) and expand its more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Thermage, Inc. | Reliant Technologies Inc. |
| Combines recognized brands in aesthetics with global cross selling opportunities in various markets. The combined company will have a broad global more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Tronics Microsystems SA | MedTech Development LLC |
| Increases Tronics’ presence in the medical device sector, with improved access to makers of implantable and external medical devices. The more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Uluru Inc. | Bio Med Sciences Inc. |
| With Bio Med's Silon film woundcare technology, accelerates Uluru's penetration of burn and wound care markets. Enables Uluru to leverage its more... | ||
| Medical Devices | USHIFU, LLC | Focus Surgery Inc. |
| Accelerates USHIFU's ability to expand its technology platform, as well as gain access to new markets, such as India. Focus' unit is not yet more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Wright Medical Group Inc. | AM Surgical |
| Involves products that treat problems of the connective tissue of the foot and ankle. Wright had been marketing the line since October 07. Seeking to more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Wright Medical Group, Inc. | RAYHACK® Wrist Reconstruction System |
| Consists of procedure-specific bone-cutting guides and fixation plates that allow precise shortening and repositioning of the radius and ulna, the more... | ||
| Medical Devices | Zimmer Holdings, Inc. | Abbott Laboratories |
| Adds a number of innovative products to Zimmer's Spine portfolio and help it build toward critical mass in the spine segment. Also enhances more... | ||
| Medical Services | Alliance Imaging, Inc | Medical Outsourcing Services, LLC |
| Provides Alliance with additional PET/CT operations in the Midwest and Northeast. Currently the company has 81 PET or PET/CT systems in place which more... | ||
| Medical Services | CSL Ltd. | Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings |
| The largest buyout of an Australian company will result in the number 2 company (behind Baxter) in the global market for blood products. After the more... | ||
| Medical Services | Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. | Three orthotics and prosthetics patiet facilities. |
| Further densifies Hanger's coverage in Florida, New York and more... | ||
| Medical Services | HealthTronics, Inc. | UroPath, LLC |
| Provides greater continuity in the handling of specimens increased communication between specialists. Labs managed by UroPath processed over 400,000 more... | ||
| Medical Services | Omnicare, Inc. | Advanced Care Scripts, Inc. |
| Broadens OmniCare's offerings with a high-growth specialty pharmaceutical services business and expands its client relationships. ACS' more... | ||
| Medical Services | TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. | Broadlane, Inc. |
| Towerbrook to gain a controlling interest in Broadlane (owned by Tenet), and with management retaining a significant ownership stake. Broadlane is more... | ||
| Medical Services | Water Street Healthcare Partners | Gentiva Health Services, Inc. |
| Gentiva's divesting 69% of CareCentrix, a provider of ancillary care benefit management services for major managed care organizations, enables it more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | Sanofi-Aventis | Primary Health Care |
| Adds vitamins to Sanofi's line, which include diabetes and cardiovascular disease treatments. Primary's consumer unit distributes to more more... | ||
| OTC/Consumer | VSP | Marchon Eyewear Inc. |
| Creates an integrated eye service organization with a global distribution channel, an international portfolio of eyewear brands, eyewear design and more... | ||
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