Private Bid For KCI Signals Growth In Wound Care
Executive Summary
Historically, wound care has been a nice tuck-in business for both large medical device and pharmaceutical companies. But that dynamic appears to be changing as advanced technologies are developed that make this sector more attractive as a growth business, evidenced by the large number of recent deals and consolidation going on in this market. The latest example of this trend is the proposed $6.3 billion deal to make publicly traded Kinetic Concepts a privately held company.
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