Walden Group Healthcare M&A Blog

Thermo Fisher Buys Mesa Biotech For $450m

2/1/2021
Thermo Fisher (NYSE: TMO) is acquiring Mesa Biotech, developer of a PCR-based rapid point-of-care (PoC) testing platform for infectious diseases. Mesa Biotech’s Accula System has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for SARS-CoV-2 in vitro diagnostic testing, providing results within 30 minutes, with greater precision than other rapid...
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Steris plc Acquires Cantel Medical for $4.6b

1/18/2021
Steris plc (NYSE: STE), a $3.0b Ireland-based provider of sterile processing services, endoscope repair, cleaning chemistries and assurance products, announced plans to acquire Cantel Medical (NYSE:CMD), a provider of infection prevention products and services focused on endoscopy and dental customers for $4.6b. Cantel’s largest business, its...
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Collagen Matrix Acquires Sunstar’s Degradable Solutions Product Line

1/4/2021
Collagen Matrix, a developer of xenograft-derived tissue and bone repair/regeneration products and portfolio company of private equity firm Linden Capital, announced that it has acquired Sunstar’s Switzerland-based Degradable Solutions Division. The deal adds the GUIDOR® branded line of resorbable synthetic medical implants, which includes...
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Philips to Acquire BioTelemetry for $2.8b

12/21/2020
Netherlands-based Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced it is buying BioTelemetry (Nasdaq: BEAT) to extend its hospital-based remote patient monitoring reach to outpatient settings. BioTelemetry’s offerings include wearable heart monitors (i.e. a mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry patch and extended Holter monitor) that wirelessly detect and transmit...
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Zimmer Biomet Acquires Sternal Closure Company A&E Medical from Vance Street Capital

12/7/2020
Zimmer Biomet, a $8.0b maker of musculoskeletal products for spine, craniomaxillofacial, thoracic and dental applications, has acquired A&E Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of sternal closure devices. The deal adds a portfolio of sternal sutures, cable systems, and rigid fixation products and complementary single-use temporary pacing...
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