Implex Corp.

In this issue, we present another installment of our quarterly review of dealmaking—for October-December 2003. Our data comes from Windhover's Strategic Transactions Database , which covers deal acti

After dropping markedly for two consecutive years, both the number of acquisitions in medical devices and the total dollar volume of those deals jumped significantly in 2003, according to information

Who would have predicted just a couple of years ago that orthopedics would vie to replace cardiovascular as the hottest deal marketplace in medical devices? For some, the sudden and growing interest i

Until recently, medical device start-ups have been rare in Europe. But now a combination of factors—new venture money, more receptive public markets, and a generation of entrepreneurs—is making device