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CooperCompanies is expanding its women’s health and fertility device portfolio in a $875 million purchase of Cook Medical’s reproductive health business. Read More
The European Commission has again postponed a final decision on Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of Grail — developer of the Galleri blood test, which can detect 50 different cancers before patients are symptomatic. Read More
AdvaMed again urged the federal government to emphasize devices as it tries to alleviate the semiconductor shortage caused by pandemic-induced supply chain problems. Read More
“This effort supports the president’s plan to deliver 500 million free at-home COVID-19 tests to the nation in response to the Omicron variant,” the Defense Department said in a statement. Read More
Congestive heart failure device company BioVentrix is further expanding in its area of specialty by acquiring MateraCor for an undisclosed sum. Read More
UK-based ConvaTec announced Friday that it plans to acquire Triad Life Sciences, a U.S. medical device company that develops biologically derived products to treat wounds and burns. Read More
French consumer electronics company Withings, a manufacturer of health status detection devices, is expanding its platform with the acquisition of Paris-based Impeto Medical, including Sudoscan, a technology for detecting peripheral neuropathy. Read More
Ophthalmic device company Alcon has completed its $475 million purchase of Ivantis, developer of the Hydrus Microstent, a glaucoma surgery device used to lower eye pressure for open-angle glaucoma patients in connection with cataract surgery. Read More