Keywords: Acquisitons
11/19/2009
Patient monitoring as part of the HIS
This October GE Healthcare launched its new Carescape Monitor B 850 at the 22nd Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Resulting from the expertise …
11/02/2009
Marcol Completes Largest Private Equity Deal in Germany in 2009
Following competition approval from the European Commission, Terence Cole and Mark Steinberg´s Marcol has completed the acquisition of MEDIAN Kliniken with its partners Advent …
11/02/2009
Marcol Completes Largest Private Equity Deal in Germany in 2009
Following competition approval from the European Commission, Terence Cole and Mark Steinbergs Marcol has completed the acquisition of MEDIAN Kliniken with its partners Advent …
07/01/2009
A surprise surge in stranger organ donations
A rapid rise in altruistic donations, i.e. strangers having a kidney removed for an unknown patient, has been reported by the UKs Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Although …
05/01/2009
A strategic acquisition of the Olympus Laboratory unit
Beckman Coulter Inc, manufacturer of medical test systems, has agreed to acquire the diagnostic systems portion of Olympus Corporation's life sciences business. …
02/28/2009
Beckman Coulter to aquire lab-based Diagnostics business from Olympus Corporation
Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical tests, and Olympus Corporation, a …
11/25/2008
Toshiba to acquire advanced visualization imaging system division of Barco
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Toshiba) announced that via its newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe, Ltd. (TMVS), it has …
10/29/2008
French firms meet German buyers
As neighbours of Germany, France and its manufacturers have the advantage of quick accessibility, similar traditions and a European presence. …
06/17/2008
SCHILLER group acquires Medilog
On 1st May, Medilog became part of the SCHILLER group. Medilog will be SCHILLER's high-end Holter system. Medilog's additional products are an ideal complement to SCHILLER's …
06/17/2008
Leica Microsystems acquires Coretech Holdings Scientific
Leica Microsystems announced in May it acquired the assets of St. Louis, Missouri-based Coretech Holdings and McCormick Scientific, LLC (Coretech), expanding its leading position …
04/30/2008
Philips to acquire Tomcat Systems
Royal Philips Electronics recently announced it will acquire TOMCAT Systems Ltd., based in Northern Ireland. Terms of this acquisition were not disclosed. TOMCAT offers a software …
02/12/2008
GE Healthcare expands expertise in mammography
GE Healthcare recently acquired Image Diagnost International GmbH, an IT provider specialised on developing integrated software solutions for mammography workflow and image …
01/15/2008
Elekta to buy CMS
The Swedish radiotherapy and radiosurgery specialist Elekta is in negotiations to buy CMS, the St Louis, MO-based supplier of radiotherapy treatment-planning (RTP) systems, for …
11/17/2007
IBA Health acquires iSOFT
On the first day of Medica, just an hour before their scheduled press conference to explain the future of iSOFT, Gary Cohen of IBA Health spoke with European Hospital. …
11/16/2007
Austrian firm expands in Germany
The international laboratory group Futurelab Holding GmbH has moved into the German laboratory market following its recent acquisition of Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum (MVZ) …
11/16/2007
Rapid diagnostics from Inverness Medical
Inverness Medical acquired the Determine Brand of diagnostics was from Abbott laboratories in 2005. This move was part of their ongoing strategy to provide clinicians worldwide …
10/30/2007
Australia's Sonic Healthcare strengthens European presence
EH: Isn't the merger of Australia's international Sonic Healthcare and Bioscientia, a global player, deeply rooted in the Boehringer Ingelheim group, something of a "clash of …
03/08/2007
A World Health Insurance
In a recently published article, a team from Médecines Sans Frontières have suggested a World Health Insurance to help provide healthcare for people in poorer …
12/27/2006
Philips Speech Recognition Systems acquires Kuhlmann-Informations-Systeme
Philips Speech Recognition Systems has acquired Kuhlmann-Informations-Systeme (KIS), a provider of dictation and speech recognition solutions for healthcare. …
08/02/2006
Single image/data management system integrates major medical fields
IMPAX Enterprise - a single image and data management system that draws together radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics, and women's care. …
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