Boston Scientific Agrees to Acquire Silk Road Medical in $1.16B Deal
Press releases report that Boston Scientific (BSX) has entered an agreement to acquire medical device developer Silk Road Medical in a deal totaling $1.16 billion. Silk Road Medical has reportedly...
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical in $13.1B Deal
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reported on April 5, 2024, that it has entered an agreement to acquire Shockwave Medical, a company in the cardiovascular medical device sector, in a deal...
CooperCompanies acquires a selection of Cook Medical’s reproductive health products
CooperCompanies announced on November 1, 2023, the purchase of Cook Medical’s doppler monitoring, gynecology surgery, and obstetrics products for $300 million. CooperCompanies is a global medical device company that is...
Enovis Corp. Acquires LimaCorporate for $846 Million
Enovis Corporation (“Enovis”) announced on September 25, 2023, that it has agreed to acquire LimaCorporate S.p.A (“LimaCorporate”). Enovis is a medical device company specializing in orthopedics. It offers a wide...
Venture Capitalist Funding in Medtech Increasing
Recent reports, including one by PitchBook, indicate that both venture capitalist funding for medtech companies and the variety of medtech companies receiving venture capitalist funding has increased since the first...
DuPont to Acquire Spectrum Plastics Group
DuPont announced on May 2, 2023 its acquisition of Spectrum Plastics Group (“Spectrum”), a specialty plastics manufacturer, from the private equity firm AEA Investors for $1.75 billion. Headquartered in Atlanta,...
J&J Acquires Abiomed for $16.6 Billion
Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) announced on November 1, 2022, that it will acquire Abiomed for an upfront payment of $380.00 per share in cash, which equates to about $16.6 billion. ...
Cambridge Cognition Acquires eClinicalHealth, Targets Improved Virtual Clinical Trial Offerings
Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC announced on October 12, 2022 that it acquired eClinicalHealth Ltd. (eCH) for about $1.9 million. eCH offers the Clinpal platform, which facilitates virtual clinical studies. Per...
Boston Scientific Acquires Embolization Gel Developer Obsidio, Inc.
Boston Scientific announced on August 15, 2022, that it acquired Obsidio, Inc. for an undisclosed fee. Obsidio has technology called the Gel Embolic Material (GEM™), which is used in minimally...
First closing of Acutus’s sale of its left-heart access portfolio to Medtronic completed
On July 1, 2022, Acutus Medical (”Acutus”), an arrhythmia-based medical device company, reported that it completed the first of its two closings in its left-heart access portfolio sale to Medtronic. Acutus,...
Boston Scientific Agrees to Purchase Majority Stake in M.I.Tech as M&A Deals Are Expected to Pick Up
On June 15, 2022, Boston Scientific entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a majority stake in M.I.Tech Co., Ltd, a publicly traded Korean medical device company in the field...
Acquisition of BK Medical Expands GE Healthcare’s Precision Health Presence
GE Healthcare announced on December 21, 2021, that it has completed the $1.45 billion acquisition of BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners. According to the press release, the acquisition expands...
Baxter Completes $10B+ Acquisition of Hillrom
On December 13, Baxter International Inc. (“Baxter”) announced the completion of one of the biggest medtech acquisitions of 2021, acquiring Hillrom (a global medical equipment maker headquartered in Chicago) for...
Boston Scientific To Acquire Blood Clot Removal Tech Company Devoro Medical
Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to acquire Devoro Medical Inc. in a deal expected to close this year. Boston Scientific previously held a 16% equity stake in Devoro Medical and...
Nephros Acquires GenArraytion for $1.2 million
"[T]he acquisition propels Nephros' position in the PCR testing market for waterborne pathogens."