After the market close on Friday, a unit of the mega-sized private equity firm Blackstone Group (not to be confused with the spine company) offered Encore Medical Corporation shareholders a 36% premium to take the company private. The enterprise valuation... more
Encore Medical Corp. (nasdaq: ENMC) announced this morning that it is expanding its presence in the pain management business with the acquisition of Compex Technologies Inc. (nasdaq: CMPX)in an all-stock transaction valued at $109 million. Under the terms of the... more
This week we finish off the first half of 2005 reporting season with 17 orthopedic companies* released their financial numbers. In 2Q:05, in an aggregated total, orthopedic revenues increased 16% ($3.8 billion vs. $3.2 billion) and a 25% increased in... more
The IPO market for orthopedic and related companies is clearly heating up this year. Witness the recent offerings from NuVasive and dj Orthopedics. Now St. Paul, MN based orthopedic rehabilitation company EMPI, Inc. has just filed its Registration Statement with... more
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