Latest Medtech News
Tracking who's buying whom in medical devices, updated monthly. From billion-dollar platform plays to tuck-in acquisitions nobody else is covering, this is where we track the deals shaping the industry.
Recent M&A Activity
- VB Spine completes acquisition of Augmedics' CT-to-fluoroscopy navigation technology, adds spine navigation tech to VB Spine's portfolio. [Read the full story]
- P&F acquires AVVie, expands P&F's structural heart therapy portfolio. [Read the full story]
- Teleflex completes strategic divestiture of OEM business for $1.5B [Read the full story]
- Integer to be acquired by private equity firm KKR for $5.7B [Read the full story]
- MiMedx to acquire Sanara MedTech in $350M deal, expands MiMedx's surgical portfolio. [Read the full story]
- iRhythm buys VitalConnect for $287.5M, extends cardiac monitoring beyond the ambulatory setting. [Read the full story]
- Cardinal Health expands home care platform with $360M acquisition of Strive Medical and AdaptHealth [Read the full story]
- Stereotaxis completes $45M Robocath acquisition, strengthens its robotic endovascular platform. [Read the full story]
- Boustead acquires majority stake in urology robotics company UroMedTech [Read the full story]
- Zimmer Biomet to pay up to $140M for Iovera nerve therapy tech from Pacira BioSciences [Read the full story]
- Spectrum Vascular acquires catheter guidance tech developer Piccolo Medical [Read the full story]
- Endologix acquires Pounce thrombectomy system from Surmodics [Read the full story]
- Novanta outlays $1.45bn for Riverpoint Medical buyout [Read the full story]
- Olympus agrees $270M BioProtect buyout, expands prostate cancer offerings. [Read the full story]
Deals Archive
Here are some of the major M&A deals in medical devices.
Takeda sells TachoSil to Corza Health, Takeda divested its surgical bleeding-control patch to Corza Health for €350M. February 2021
Baxter to acquire Cheetah Medical in $230M deal, Baxter added noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring technology to its portfolio. February 2021
3M relaunches as Kindeva in $650M Altaris acquisition, Altaris Capital Partners bought 3M's drug delivery business, rebranding it Kindeva. Deal closed early 2021
Baxter to acquire Sanofi's Seprafilm Adhesion Barrier and related assets for $350M, Baxter expanded its surgical portfolio with the anti-adhesion product line. 2021
Carlisle to acquire US company Providien, Carlisle Companies expanded its medical device contract manufacturing arm. 2021
Smith & Nephew acquires Ceterix Orthopaedics for meniscal repair system, expands Smith & Nephew's sports medicine portfolio. 2021
Quest Diagnostics acquires Mid America Clinical Laboratories, Quest bought out its joint-venture partners' remaining 56% stake in Indiana's largest independent clinical lab for $93M. August 2020
Optum acquires NaviHealth, UnitedHealth's Optum bought the post-acute care management platform, its third owner in eight years. May 2020
Optum in talks to acquire AbleTo for $470M, Optum's move into virtual behavioral health therapy. 2020
Integra LifeSciences buys Rebound Therapeutics, Integra added a portable cranial access device to its neurosurgery portfolio. 2020
Globus Medical acquires StelKast, Globus expanded into hip and knee reconstruction. 2020
Inspiration Healthcare to acquire ventilator provider SLE, UK medtech Inspiration Healthcare bought neonatal ventilator maker SLE Ltd. circa 2020
Quest Diagnostics acquires Blueprint Genetics, Quest bought the specialty genetic-testing company for $108M. January 2020
Agilent Technologies acquires US firm BioTek Instruments, Agilent's largest deal at the time, adding cell-analysis instrumentation for $1.165B. August 2019
Colfax to acquire DJO Global for $3.15B in cash, Colfax bought the orthopedic device maker from Blackstone-managed PE funds. February 2019
J&J to acquire surgical robotics firm Auris Health, J&J's move into robotic bronchoscopy, upfront payment plus milestones. February 2019
Accenture acquires AI consultancy Clarity Insights, Accenture bolstered its data/AI consulting capabilities. 2019
Livongo, Voluntis partner on diabetes management offering, partnership between the two digital health companies. 2019
Dexcom, Fitbit bring CGM data to smartwatch, partnership integrating Dexcom's continuous glucose monitor data into Fitbit wearables. 2018
Sivantos, Widex merge to form 3rd largest hearing aid maker, the merger was announced in 2018 and completed in 2019 as WS Audiology after antitrust-driven divestitures. 2018 (announced)
Analogic to go private in $1B sale to Altaris, Altaris Capital Partners took the imaging/security tech company private. Announced February 2018, completed June 2018
Hill-Rom buys Welch Allyn, Hill-Rom acquired the diagnostic device maker to expand its clinical workflow portfolio. 2015
