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Smith & Nephew Acquires BlueSky Medical Group

On May 1, 2007, Smith & Nephew acquired medical products company BlueSky Medical Group for 110M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Smith & Nephew’s 8th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Smith & Nephew’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Smith & Nephew’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Smith & Nephew’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-05-01
Target BlueSky Medical Group
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Smith & Nephew
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 110M USD

Target

BlueSky Medical Group

Carlsbad, California, United States
BlueSky, which manufactures the Versatile 1 wound vacuum system, has an estimated 5% of the global market for pumps and accessories used in negative-pressure therapy.

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Buyer

Smith & Nephew

Watford, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1856
Sector Medical Products
Employees17,000
Revenue 5.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Smith & Nephew is a multinational medical equipment manufacturing company. Smith & Nephew was founded in 1856 and is based in Watford, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 34
Sector: Medical Products M&A 8 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 25
State: California M&A 2 of 6
Country: United States M&A 6 of 21
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-12 Plus Orthopedics Holding AG

Rotkreuz, Switzerland

PlusOrthopedics Holding AG. is a orthopedic company with over 850 employees providing implants and technically advanced surgical solutions. Plus has focused its activities on the development of implants for hips, knees, shoulders and small joints.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-11 Nucryst Pharmaceuticals

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

Nucryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes medical products that fight infection and inflammation based on its nanocrystalline silver technology.

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