Celgene Corp., a $12.5b developer of therapies for cancer and inflammatory diseases is buying Juno Therapeutics Inc., a Seattle-based biotech company making cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy treatments. The Deal expands Celgene’s portfolio of blood-cancer drugs. Juno is one of leaders in a new kind of cancer treatment, known as CAR-T, that...
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Starting in 2020 medtech firms will be competing in a significantly more complicated European market. New Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) were written to strengthen device safety standards but they will make it far more onerous and expensive for medtech firms to market their products in Europe. Because of the MDR, many smaller companies may...
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Novartis/Alcon
After assessing strategic options for Alcon, Novartis is spin-ning it out to shareholders. As a result, both companies will now rivet on their core strengths –pharmaceuticals and oph-thalmic devices, respectively. When Novartis acquired Alcon in 2011 for $52b, the business included surgical, vision care and ophthalmic...
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Sivantos, a Germany-based hearing aid maker previously owned by Siemens will merge with Widex, a Denmark-based hearing aid maker to form a company with an enterprise value of more than $8b. Sivantos, owned by EQT Partners, and Widex are merging to form the 3rd largest hearing aid maker. The merger will likely push back EQT’s plans for an...
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Fortive Corporation, a $6.86b diversified conglomerate spinout from Danaher, is acquiring Johnson & Johnson's Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) business for $2.8b. ASP provides sterilization and disinfection systems and low-temperature hydrogen peroxide sterilization technology. ASP’s products include the STERRAD system for...
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