M&A Deal Summary

Syncor International Acquires Inovision Holdings

On December 1, 2000, Syncor International acquired medical products company Inovision Holdings from Water Street Healthcare Partners and Linden Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Syncor International’s 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Syncor International’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Syncor International’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-12-01
Target Inovision Holdings
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Syncor International
Sellers(s) Water Street Healthcare Partners
Linden Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Inovision Holdings

Everett, Washington, United States
Lafayette Pharmaceuticals is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of barium sulfate contrast agents, radiation measurement devices, and related quality assurance and patient positioning accessories used in medical diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Syncor International

Woodland Hills, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Medical Products
DESCRIPTION

Syncor International Corp., a Chatsworth operator of nuclear pharmacies company


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Water Street Healthcare Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Water Street is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in healthcare companies. Specific areas of interest within healthcare include diagnostic devices, medical products, pharmaceutical services, specialty distribution, specialty pharmaceuticals, and specialty services. Water Street targets non-core units of larger corporations and private middle-market companies. Transactions are typically valued between $50 and $500 million. Water Street does not invest in biotechnology, traditional healthcare facilities (hospitals, nursing homes) or early-stage companies without positive cash flow. Water Street was formed in 2005 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 31
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 19
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 30
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-01 AbilityOne

Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

AbilityOne Corp. is a distributor of rehabilitation and assistive device products used to speed recovery, improve mobility and aid independence for injured, aging and physically-challenged adults and children.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-01 Medex

Hilliard, Ohio, United States

Medex, Inc. is a provider of system solutions for critical care medical products.

Buy -
SELLER

Linden Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Linden LLC is a private equity firm that invests in businesses involved in the healthcare and life science sectors. However, the firm also executes any size private equity transaction between $10 million to $2 billion through the firm's alliance with Madison Dearborn Partners. Linden is not a venture capital investor. The firm specializes in investments in non-core businesses owned by large corporations, as well as traditional management buyouts of independent companies. Linden LLC was formed in 2004 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 27
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 12
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 27
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-01 AbilityOne

Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

AbilityOne Corp. is a distributor of rehabilitation and assistive device products used to speed recovery, improve mobility and aid independence for injured, aging and physically-challenged adults and children.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-02-08 LifeStream International

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

LifeStream International, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and sold a broad range of products used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. Its product lines included items such as oxygenators, perfusion circuits and pumps that worked together to keep blood flowing and oxygenated when the heart was stopped during open-heart surgery.

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