The 2019 Top 30 Global Medical Device Companies | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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The lack of a significant megamerger in 2018 stood out in an industry that had become accustomed to annual blockbuster deals. There were enough small- to mid-sized deals to keep analysts interested, but the largest deal of last year—Boston Scientific’s $4.2 billion purchase of U.K.-based BTG plc—doesn’t seem as significant in the wake of several mergers valued in the tens of billions.

A number of the medtech elites did just the opposite, spinning off entire companies or divesting large franchises to refocus their businesses. Pharmaceutical giant Novartis began spinning off its Alcon eye care unit last July, and Alcon took its first steps as a standalone company this past April. Danaher also proclaimed plans to spin off its decaying dental franchise last July. Siemens explored a European IPO for its Healt...