Walden Group Healthcare M&A Blog

  • The Walden Group Advises ASICO, LLC in its Sale to Katena Products, Inc.

    4/28/2021
    The Walden Group is pleased to announce that it represented ASICO, LLC in its sale to Katena Products, Inc. The principals of ASICO engaged Walden, in large part, due to its substantial track record and experience in regard to ophthalmic industry transactions. Walden had represented: Katena in its 2009 sale to Cortec Group and its subsequent...
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  • Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH Buys Maxer Endoscopy 

    4/12/2021
    Germany-based Erbe Elektromedizin, a producer of electrosurgery, plasmasurgery and cryotherapy generators, has bought Germany-based Maxer Endoscopy, adding a range of endoscopic visualization systems for use in laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, urology, pediatric surgery, arthroscopy, spine endoscopy and ENT surgery.  Maxer's line of endoscopes, light...
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  • SeaSpine Buys 7D Surgical for $110m

    3/29/2021
    SeaSpine (Nasdaq: SPNE), a $154m developer of orthobiologics and spinal implant solutions is paying $110m to buy Canada-based 7D Surgical, the producer of a machine-vision, image-guided surgery platform with applications in spine and cranial surgeries.  7D’s system reduces radiation exposure by eliminating intra-operative CT (computed...
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  • Agilent Technologies Purchases Resolution Bioscience in $550m Deal 

    3/15/2021
    Agilent Technologies (SYSE: A), a $5.3b analytical instrumentation development and manufacturing company, is buying Resolution Bioscience, maker of a non-invasive liquid biopsy platform, for $550m upfront plus additional milestones of up to $145m.  Resolution Bioscience’s ctDx test can detect all four major types of genetic alterations known...
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  • Hologic Pays $159m for Belgium-based Molecular Diagnostic Assay Developer Diagenode

    3/1/2021
    Hologic, a $3.8b developer of diagnostics, imaging systems, and surgical products for women's health, is buying epigenetics analysis company Diagenode, adding a menu of 30 real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that are CE-marked for the detection of bacteria, parasites and viruses involved in sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory...
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