Medtronic acquires 2 surgical businesses at the same time -

Medtronic acquires 2 surgical businesses at the same time

Medtronic Acquires Surgical Businesses (written by Walter Eisner @ OTW) Medtronic, Inc. announced on July 7 that it was acquiring […]

A look inside Synthes’ decision process that lead to the J&J acquisition

Synthes Looked For Deal Amid View Of Tough Orthopedics Market (Wall Street Journal) Synthes board saw more challenging orthopedic-device market

Medtronic to acquire PEAK Surgical for $120M, maker of tissue cutting device

Medtronic To Acquire PEAK Surgical, Inc. Medtronic Targets Leadership Role in Advanced Energy Surgical Technologies

Medtronic to acquire Salient Surgical Technologies for $525M

Medtronic To Acquire Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. (press release) The numbers… $535M total price Price = 5.3 X

ArthroCare sells spinal devices to NeuroTherm

NeuroTherm Buys ArthroCare Devices (press release) Arthrocare has reportedly divested its Parallax and Contour product lines used in interventional

Blackstone Group to purchase wound care leader, Kinetic Concepts (KCI), for $5B

Blackstone in Talks to Buy Kinetic (Wall Street Journal) Blackstone Group is in talks to buy Kinetic

Smith & Nephew acquires Calgary-based Arthroscopy business, TENET Medical Engineering

Smith & Nephew Inc. Acquires Privately-Held TENET Medical Engineering, Inc.; Premier Provider of Surgical Patient Positioning Equipment (press release) ANDOVER,

Dentsply to acquire Astra Tech for $1.8B making Dentsply the #3 dental implant maker

FT: Dentsply in Talks to Buy Astra Tech (HealthPointCapital) Dentsply buys Astra Tech for $1.8 billion (Reuters – UK) The

Brainlab acquires Voyant Health for an undisclosed amount

Brainlab buys orthopedic imaging co Voyant Health for $10m (Globes) Brainlab Acquires Voyant Health (press release) MUNICH and TEL AVIV,

Stryker acquires Memometal Technologies for Nitinol bone staple business for $162M (5 X multiple for a extremities trauma company)

Stryker Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Privately-Held Memometal Technologies S.A. for $162 Million (press release) A Look at the Numbers…

Not quite yet…Orthovita shareholders sue to stop $316M Stryker buyout

Orthovita shareholders sue to stop $316 million Stryker buyout (MassDevice) Stryker Commences Tender Offer for Acquisition of Orthovita, Inc. (press

The Feds OK Synthes’ divestiture of Norian to Kensey Nash… sort of

Synthes’ deal with Kensey Nash seems OK with feds (Philly.com) Without saying they approve or disapprove of such deals, the

Kensey Nash buys Synthes divested Norian business for $22M

Kensey Nash buys Swiss device maker’s unit for $22 mln (Reuters) rd Synthes sells Norian to Kensey Nash (Philly.com) Synthes

Integra LifeSciences Acquires SeaSpine for $89M

Integra LifeSciences Acquires SeaSpine (press release) Price is 1.8 X 2010 sales of $50M Integra Spine Doubles Its Distribution Network

2 Autologous Cartilage Regeneration companies merge – Biotech Firms Histogenics and ProChon

Biotech Firms Histogenics and ProChon Merge (OTW) Histogenics Acquires ProChon Biotech in an All-Stock Transaction (HealthPointCapital) Histogenic acquired ProChon Biotech in

Stryker acquires Orthovita for $316M

Stryker to acquire Orthovita for about $316 mln (press release) Stryker Snaps Up Orthovita for $316 Million (OTW) The numbers…

Meet the world’s largest Orthopedic company – J&J/DePuy + Synthes

+ link to The Press Release Post-deal numbers… The largest combined Orthopedics company by a mile Largest acquisition in J&J

What’s next? Smith and Nephew + Biomet?

Smith & Nephew under pressure as rivals hold talks (Telegraph) If J&J does decide to pursue Synthes, it could pave

Synthes Partners with Materialise in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Synthes Partners with Materialise in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (press release) This is an exclusive partnership for the development and distribution of Materialise’s solutions

Rachiotek acquires the assets of the bankrupt Applied Spine Technologies

Rachiotek LLC Acquires Assets of Applied Spine Technologies, Inc. (OrthoSpineNews) Startup Losers in 2010/2009 … Your friends are reading

Sanofi to acquire Genzyme for 4.7X sales multiple

Sanofi-Aventis to Acquire Genzyme (LAUREN UZDIENSKI @ HealthPointCapital) After a long and very public negotiation, Genzyme has agreed to be acquired by

Kensey Nash acquires Medical Adhesives and Coatings Technology for $20M

Kensey Nash Acquires Medical Adhesives and Coatings Technology (press release) … Your friends are reading OrthoStreams daily – Are you

Arthrex acquires Cardo Medical’s total joint assets

Cardo Medical, Inc. and Arthrex, Inc. Announce Signing Definitive Agreement for the Sale of All of the Assets of Cardo

S+N statement: will start informal negotiations with Biomet

Smith & Nephew Says It’s Not in Talks to Be Bought or Make an Acquisition (Bloomberg) Smith & Nephew’s Tantalizing

Globus acquires Facet Solutions for undisclosed amount

Globus Medical Announces the Acquisition of Facet Solutions Inc. (press release) … Your friends are reading OrthoStreams daily – Are

Medtech giants are on the hunt for acquisitions

Med-tech’s giants go on hunt for deals: Medtronic and other leaders turn to acquisitions as they seek their next blockbuster

Kensey Nash makes equity investment in Orteq Sports Medicine

Kensey Nash Announces a Manufacturing Agreement with and Minority Investment in Orteq Sports Medicine (press release) After Orteq gains IDE

MiMedx to acquire Surgical Biologics for their processed amniotic tissue

MiMedx Announces Agreement to Acquire Surgical Biologics (press release) The amniotic tissue processed by Surgical Biologics is donated by mothers

Zimmer makes 2 acquisitions in one week – Swiss power tools and Chinese hip & knee maker

Zimmer Announces Acquisition of SoPlus Orthopaedic Surgical Power Tools Company (press release) Sodem Diffusion S.A., the manufacturer of SoPlus Orthopaedic

Word on the street – Biomet owners to acquire Smith and Nephew for $11B

Biomet owners look to arrange $11B marriage (Indianapolis Business Journal) Rumored orthopedics deal discounted (Fort Wayne Gazette) … Your friends

SBi sells shoulder assets to France company, FX Solutions

SBi sloughs shoulder-related assets to French firm (MassDevice) SBi Sells Orthopedic Shoulder Technology to Fx Solutions of Bourg-en-Bresse (Press Release)

Stryker to sell OP-1 to Olympus to $60M for all bone applications

Stryker Cuts Off OP-1 (OTW) It’s over. Stephen MacMillan and Stryker Corporation have washed their hands of OP-1 Stryker Announces

M&A is picking up in Medical Device sector

Analysis: Sluggish medical device sector ripe for mergers (Reuters) The stage is set for more dealmaking in the medical device

Synthes acquires Anspach surgical power tools

Synthes acquires Anspach (OrthoSuperSite) Synthes Acquires Line of High-Speed Surgical Power Tools (HealthPointCapital) Anspach is a $200M company that sells

Stryker acquires the surgical division of Porex

Stryker Announces Acquisition of Privately-Held Porex Surgical (Stryker Press Release) Porex Corporation Divests Surgical Division to Stryker Corporation (Porex Press

M&A activity is making a comeback in Orthopedics in 2011

Medtech Report Shows M&A Values Increasing (HealthPointCapital) The musculoskeletal sector has been on the upswing, with 11 deals in 1H:10

Stanmore Implants acquires Acrobot, a UK robot surgery company

Stanmore Implants Worldwide Buys Robot Surgery Co Acrobot (Dow Jones) Stanmore Implants Worldwide, a privately-held maker of specialized orthopedic implants,

Mesoblast and Angioblast Systems agree to merge creating the largest largest publicly-listed adult stem cell developer in the world

+ Mesoblast shareholders agree to merger (Sydney Morning Herold) … Your friends are reading OrthoStreams daily – Are you