List of Recent Mergers & Acquisitions

Feb 2012

Sandvic Medicial Solutions unit is acquired by Orchid Orthopedic Solutions for undisclosed

Jan 2012

Synvasive Technologies acquired by Zimmer for undisclosed
Cascade Medical Enterprises’ PRP & PRFM Technologies acquired by MTF for undisclosed

Dec 2011

Symmetry Medical acquired J&J’s Codman Surgical Instruments business for $165M
Synovis (soft tissue repair) acquired by Baxter for $325M

Nov 2011

ExtraOrtho acquired by Zimmer for undisclosed
K2M Acquires the BLUE RIDGE Hybrid Cervical Plate System for undisclosed

Sept 2011

Impulse Monitoring acquired by NuVasive for $80M
Ascension Orthopedics acquired by Integra LifeSciences for $65M
Suzhou Best acquired by Microport Orthopedics for $17M

July 2011

Salient Surgical acquired by Medtronic for $525M
PEAK Surgical acquired by Medtronic for $120M
KCI acquired by private equity firm Apax Partners for $6.3B
Beijing Montagne Medical Device acquired by Zimmer for undisclosed
Arthrocare’s Parallax and Contour spine lines acquired by NeuroTherm for undisclosed
Robinson MedSurg acquired by Bacterin for $1M

June 2011

Memometal Technologies acquired by Stryker for $162M
Amplitude acquired by Apax France, a large joint manufacturer for $66M
Voyant Health acquired by Brainlab for $10M
TENET Medical Engineering acquired by Smith & Nephew for undisclosed
Orchid Orthopedic Solutions acquired by Altor for undisclosed

May 2011

SeaSpine acquired by Integra Orthopaedics for $89M
Orthovita acquired by Stryker for $316M
Norian assets of Synthes acquired by Kensey Nash for $22M
Impliant was acquired by Premia Spine for undisclosed
ProChon Biotech acquired by Histogenics for stock

April 2011

Synthes acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $21.3B
Smith & Nephew Interventional Spine Pain Mgmt acquired by NeuroTherm for undisclosed

March 2011

Applied Spine Technologies was acquired by Rachiotek for undisclosed
NovaLign (certain IP) acquired by FlexFix/VentureMD for undisclosed
Beijing Wei Rui Li Medical (majority stake) was acquired by China Kanghui for undisclosed

Feb 2011

Genzyme was acquired by Sanofi-aventis for $20.1B
NovaLign, certain intramedullary designs acquired by Sonoma Orthopedic for undisclosed

Jan 2011

Cardo Medical’s joint arthroplasty assets was acquired by Arthrex for undisclosed
Nerites acquired by Kensey Nash for $20M
Townsend Design acquired by Thuasne for undisclosed
Facet Solutions was acquired by Globus Medical for undisclosed

Dec 2010

Surgical Biologics acquired by MiMedx for undisclosed
Stryker’s OP-1 bone growth factor acquired by Olympus for $60M
Sodem Diffusion/SoPlus power tools acquired by Zimmer for undisclosed
Small Bone Innovations’s shoulder assets acquired by FX Solutions for undisclosed

Nov 2010

Anspach was acquired by Synthes for undisclosed

Oct 2010

Porex Surgical acquired by Stryker for undisclosed
Acrobot was acquired by Stanmore Implants for undisclosed

Sep 2010

US Spine acquired by Amedica for undisclosed

Aug 2010

Osteotech acquired by Medtronic for $123M
VertiFlex (certain spine assets) acquired by Exactech for undisclosed

July 2010

Cytosol Labs was acquired by Biomet for undisclosed
OrthoIT3 acquired by Global-Med Technologies for undisclosed

May 2010

Brighton Partners polyethylene technology was acquired by Exactech for $5.5M

April 2010

Eska Implants was acquired by Summit Medical for undisclosed
Synergetics’ Sonopet/Omni lines acquired by Stryker for $3M

March 2010

ApaTech was acquired by Baxter for $330M
Praxim Orthopaedic acquired by Synergy for undisclosed
iBalance was acquired by Arthrex for undisclosed
BoneGrafix (minority stake) was acquired by Global Biotech for undisclosed

Feb 2010

Advanced Bio-Surfaces’ OrthoGlide ankle was acquired by Memometal Technologies for undisclosed

Dec 2009

Scient’X acquired by Alphatec Spine for $116M

May 18, 2012

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