Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, homecare / nursing care @en, transactions
The Dutch Mediq-Gruppe, a global provider of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, acquires all assets in the U.S. company A-Med Health Care. The price adds up to EUR 29.4 million. A-Med provides urology products, especially for patients in California. Mediq entered...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, homecare / nursing care @en, transactions
Convatec has taken over the US company 180 Medical. The company, based in Oklahoma City, is a leading supplier of home care medical supplies, intermittent catheters and urological products. The purchase price is $321 million. Convatec, owned since 2008 by the private...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
Boston Scientific has acquired Rhythmia Medical, a privately held company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The transaction for Rhythmia Medical, the developer of next-generation mapping and navigation solutions for use in the cardiac catheter ablation and other...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
The ‚Betriebskrankenkasse pronova‘ (BKK) and the ‚Bundesinnungskrankenkasse Gesundheit‘ (BIG) have decided against a merger. As the „Ärzte Zeitung“ reports, citing the BIG Vice Chairman Peter Kaetsch, the funds have ended their...
Okt 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, medical technology, transactions
CareFusion, a leading global medical technology company, has acquired the Brazilian company Intermed Equipamento Medico Hospitalar Ltda. The medical technology company in Sao Paulo specialises in the production of technologies for respiratory therapy. Financial terms...
Okt 5, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, transactions
The merger of the two public sickness funds BKK vor Ort and BKK Hoesch is perfect. As part of the merger, the BKK will grow by 56,000 members, who come mainly from North Rhine-Westphalia. With just under 810,000 insured in the fund based in Bochum, BKK system will now...