Deal of the Week: Teleflex/NeoTract

by | Sep 8, 2017 4:09 pm | Medical Devices

The Deal of the Week (ended Sept. 8, 2017) is also the largest announced in the holiday-shortened work week. Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX) announced its first acquisition this year, paying $725 million upfront for privately held NeoTract, Inc. It marks a new focus for the medical device maker, whose previous buyouts concentrated in cardiovascular and microlaparoscopy surgical technologies. NeoTract is a medical device maker that has developed and commercialized the FDA-cleared UroLift System, a novel, minimally invasive technology for treating lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. Anyone who watches professional sports televised on Sunday afternoons... Read More »