M&A Deal Summary

St. Jude Medical Acquires EP MedSystems

On July 7, 2008, St. Jude Medical acquired medical products company EP MedSystems for 92M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is St. Jude Medical’s 9th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is St. Jude Medical’s 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is St. Jude Medical’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is St. Jude Medical’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-07-07
Target EP MedSystems
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) St. Jude Medical
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 92M USD
Advisor(s) Piper Jaffray Companies (Financial)
Morgan Lewis (Legal)

Target

EP MedSystems

West Berlin, New Jersey, United States
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EP MedSystems develops, manufactures and markets a line of products for use in the cardiac rhythm management or electrophysiology market which are used for visualization, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders.

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Buyer

St. Jude Medical

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Medical Products
Employees18,000
Revenue 5.5B USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to St. Jude Medical's corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Entrance to St. Jude Medical's corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. is a medical device manufacturer dedicated to transforming the treatment of most expensive, epidemic diseases. St. Jude Medical five major areas of focus that include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, neuromodulation, traditional cardiac rhythm management and cardiovascular. St. Jude Medical was formed in 1976 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 18
Sector (Medical Products) 9 of 17
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 17
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 15
Year (2008) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-03 Savacor

Los Angeles, California, United States

Savacor has heart failure diagnostic and therapy guidance products and technologies under development and in clinical evaluation, including a small implantable sensor device in clinical trials that helps physicians detect and manage symptoms associated with progressive heart failure.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-22 MediGuide

Haifa, Israel

MediGuide (Delaware, USA & Haifa, Israel) - an Israeli based company (originally spun off from Elbit Systems - NASDAQ: ESLT and got its first investment from Vitalife VC during 2001), is the provider of technology, solutions and applications for intra body navigation and less invasive procedures with a special focus on cardiology. Based on its proprietary gMPS technology, MediGuide brings the ability to navigate gMPS Enabled Devices (catheters, wires and other devices equipped with a sub millimeter gMPS sensor) in the MPS Ready Cathlab environment, co-developed by MediGuide in collaboration with the leading imaging companies.

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