Who’s Next? Ten Potential Medtech Takeover Targets

30 Sep 2014

Device firms have already been active with M&A deals in 2014. Here are 10 companies to look for as potential acquisition targets going forward.

Medtech merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2014 may surpass what was seen in 2013. Medtech Insight’s sister publication Clinica recorded 128 deals in the first half of 2014, compared with 103 during the same period last year. And 2014 has already recorded a definitive agreement for the largest pure medtech deal ever, Medtronic PLC’s $42.9 billion play for Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies.

So, who could be next? Rumors abound about Smith & Nephew PLC and Nobel Biocare Services AG, but there...