Zimmer-Biomet Merger Spurs More Deals

by | Jun 29, 2015 2:04 pm | Medical Devices

After more than a year of regulatory reviews in the United States and Europe, Warsaw, Indiana-based Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) and its cross-town rival Biomet, Inc., finally tied the knot on June 24, 2015. In April 2014, when the deal was first announced, the price was put at $13.35 billion. At closing, management stated that the value of the deal was approximately $14 billion. The combined company will be known as Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., and will trade on the NYSE and SIX under the ticker symbol ZBH. The acquisition was conditioned upon the sale of some Zimmer and Biomet assets, and hot on the heels of the closing, Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) acquired Zimmer’s Unicompartmental... Read More »

Independent Welch Allyn Sells for $2.05 Billion

by | Jun 22, 2015 8:39 pm | Medical Devices

Welch Allyn, Inc. was a quiet, family-run global medical device company, based in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. We knew the peace couldn’t last. Sure enough, last week Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) agreed to pay $2.05 billion for the Skaneateles Falls-based company that makes those physical examination instruments and accessories you so look forward to seeing whenever you visit your doctor. It also makes EMR-connected vital signs and cardiac monitoring devices, with the aid of 2,600 people in 26 countries. Hill-Rom Holdings operates as a medical technology company, and its financial advisors at Goldman, Sachs & Co. expect this transaction to generate $2.6 billion in... Read More »

Another Record Falls in Q1:15

by | Apr 4, 2015 3:19 pm | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

Now that the month is officially over, we can report our preliminary Q1:15 results—and it was another record breaker, at least for transactions. The 346 deals logged so far are 109% higher than the first quarter of 2014. You would think that the $104.7 billion in combined spending would set another record, but no. In Q1:09, we tracked $127.2 billion spent on 202 deals. That’s when Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) bought Wyeth for $68 billion.  Here’s the preliminary breakdown of Q1:15 — and remember, the spending is only for deals that disclosed prices. Read More »

Nikon Refocuses on Medical Devices

by | Mar 9, 2015 7:20 pm | Medical Devices

Nikon Corporation (T: 7731) is following its consumer electronics brethren, Canon, Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), FujiFilm (T: 4901), Olympus Corp. (T:7733), Pentax Corp. and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG), into the health care industry. Last week it announced the acquisition of Optos. The $400 million price buys a Scottish medical device company that specializes in designing retinal-imaging machines used to test eyes and detect high blood press, and certain types of cancers.     Read More »

Cross-Border Merger in Medical Devices

by | Mar 2, 2015 6:59 pm | Medical Devices

With only four deals announced in January, it seemed as if M&A in the medical devices sector was drying up. Not quite, as 11 announcements surfaced in February. The largest came last week, as Sorin SpA (MIL: SRN) agreed to merge with Houston-based Cyberonics Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBX). The all-stock transaction produces a combined equity value of approximately $2.7 billion. If all goes according to plan, Cyberonics shareholders will own 54% of the new company upon closing, which translates to a purchase price of about $1.24 billion. The new company, still to be named, combines two global leaders in cardiac surgery and neuromodulation, and will be a major player in cardiac rhythm management,... Read More »