Keywords: Acquisitons
09/02/2011
From CR to DR
Breathtaking though the rate of improvement in medical imaging systems may be, many hospitals remain locked into their various evolutionary stages – depending on their needs and …
08/31/2011
Purchasing diagnostic systems
The acquisition of large diagnostic imaging equipment is clearly expensive – but further costs also result from their energy consumption and maintenance, as well as hidden costs …
02/25/2011
Beckman Coulter sold
USA - Over the past couple of decades, due to acquisitions California-based Beckman Coulter Inc has became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of in vitro diagnostics …
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 Steinberg's 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 UK's Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Although there …
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 …
11/21/2008
UBIFRANCE
UBIFRANCE and the network of Trade Commissions together constitute the French government's corporate international expansion support framework. Every year they help over 13,000 …
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. …
09/01/2008
The needs of migrant patients
In hospitals all over the world people of very diverse cultural backgrounds come together, whether as employees in various roles, or as patients. This means that hospital teams …
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 …
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 …
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 …
03/01/2008
Uniting the lab and radiology
Healthcare is in a dynamic state of change — and so is the healthcare industry, in which there is an increasing trend towards integrating scientific disciplines. …
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. …
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