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Minute Insight: Haemonetics Buys OpSens To Add Fiber-Optic Sensors For Intervention

 
• By Reed Miller

Haemonetics will acquire Quebec-based OpSens for CAD $2.90 per share, or about US $253m at current exchange rates. Haemonetics expects OpSens' fiber-optic technology to complement its interventional cardiology portfolio.

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• Source: Citeline/Alamy

Haemonetics plans to buy Quebec City-based sensor company OpSens for about $253m by the end of January 2024.

The deal, announced on 10 October, will expand OpSens presence in high-growth international markets while helping Haemonetics hospital business move into the

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