M&A Deal Summary

Sumitomo Chemical, Amersham and GE Healthcare Acquire Nihon Medi-Physics

On October 1, 1996, Sumitomo Chemical, Amersham and GE Healthcare acquired life science company Nihon Medi-Physics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sumitomo Chemical’s 1st, Amersham’s 1st and GE Healthcare’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Sumitomo Chemical’s 1st, Amersham’s 1st and GE Healthcare’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1996-10-01
Target Nihon Medi-Physics
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Sumitomo Chemical
Amersham
GE Healthcare
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Nihon Medi-Physics

Tokyo, Japan
Nihon Medi-Physics offers research, development, manufacture, sale, purchase and import/export of radioactive pharmaceuticals, as well as radioactive medical devices and their related products. Nihon Medi-Physics was founded in 1973 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 3

Buyer

Sumitomo Chemical

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1913
Sector Chemicals
Employees29,279
Revenue 2.61T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Sumitomo Chemical is a manufacturer of fertilizers from sulfur dioxide emitted from smelting operations at the Besshi copper mine. The company engages in the Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector, Energy & Functional Materials Sector, IT-related Chemicals Sector, Health & Crop Sciences Sector, Pharmaceutical Sector, and Others. Sumitomo Chemical was founded in 1913 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 16
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 5
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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United States

The Dow Chemical Co - LUMATION LEP Business are the critical light-emitting material in polymeric light-emitting diodes (pLEDs), which are one class of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The pLED technology offers many performance benefits over other technologies, such as Liquid Crystal Displays

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Buyer

Amersham

Chalfont St Giles, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Medical Products
Revenue 1.6B GBP (2002)
DESCRIPTION

Amersham plc, headquartered in England, is a global provider of medical diagnostics and life science products. The company was formed in 1997 through the mergers of Amersham International (UK), Pharmacia Biotech (Sweden) and Nycomed (Norway).


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
Buyer

GE Healthcare

Westborough, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Medical Products
DESCRIPTION

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company is a provider of medical technologies and services. GE Healthcare has expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, life sciences, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. GE Healthcare is based in Westborough, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 34
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 6
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Tampa, Florida, United States

Critikon Company, LLC is a designer and manufacturer of portable patient monitoring systems. Its Dinamap monitors are installed throughout the world in a variety of medical settings including operating suites, recovery rooms and hospital bedsides. The Company's blood pressure monitor, covered by multiple patents, is the acknowledged industry leader.

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