Kinetic Concepts To Go Private Via $6.3 Billion Buyout
Kinetic Concepts’ acceptance of a $6.3 billion private equity buyout deal with a consortium of investors, announced July 13, could mark the opening salvo of a bidding war for the wound care device maker.
More from Archive
More from Medtech Insight
Medtronic beat first-quarter revenue and EPS estimates, raised guidance, and added two board members and special committees as Elliott takes a stake.
Entrepreneurialism is in the blood of Israel’s medtech innovators, but in a changing medtech world, the local ecosystem must address funding gaps and manufacturing and infrastructure needs. So says Ruti Alon, experienced Israeli medtech leader, investor and co-chair of the Biomed Israel conference.
A Japanese study of Watchman LAA closure devices found that leaks of any size after implantation raise the risk of stroke. The study comes shortly after the US FDA issued an early alert for the Watchman access systems.