St. Jude's recent acquisitions
St. Jude has made a number of large acquisitions over the last three years, but the acquisition of AGA Medical is its largest.
announcedcompanylocationdescriptionterms
10/18/2010AGA Medical Plymouthmedical devices for heart defects and $1.3 billion cash/debt
Holdings Inc. vascular disease
9/7/2010 CardioMEMS Inc.Atlantawireless sensing and communication $60 million for initial
equipment for cardiac devices19%; $375 million more
depending on milestones
5/20/2010Lightlab Imaging LLCWestford, high resolution diagnosticAcquired from Goodman
Mass.coronary imaging technologyCo. Ltd., Aichi, Japan, for
$97 million
12/22/2008Mediguide Inc.Haifa, Israeltechnology for real-time tracking of tiny $300 million in cash/debt
sensors mounted on medical devices
12/21/2008Radi Medical SystemsUppsala, Swedenvascular closure products$250 million
8/7/2008vascular closure Montvale, N.J.vascular closure devices$23.7 million
business of Datascope Corp.
4/9/2008EP Medsystems Inc.West Berlin, N.J.cardiac rhythm management and $92.1 million
electrophysiology products
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