Edwards Lifesciences closes $690m Valtech Cardio buy

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said yesterday that it closed the $690 million buyout of Valtech Cardio and most of the heart valve repair technologies it’s developing.

Valtech makes the Cardioband device, which is designed to reshape the mitral valve using specially designed anchors.

The deal, announced in November 2016, calls for $340 million in up-front cash and another $350 million in milestones over 10 years. It does not include Valtech Cardio’s trans-septal mitral valve replacement program; that business is slated to be spun out on its own before the buyout’s closing, expected in early 2017, but Edwards said last year that it’s due to keep an option to buy.

Or Yehuda, Israel-based Valtech was the target of a previous takeover attempt by HeartWare International that was spiked early this year after a proxy war. (HeartWare itself was acquired by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) for $1.1 billion in August.) Valtech won CE Mark approval in the European Union for Cardioband in September 2015 but the device is not approved for the U.S. market.

“We look forward to the Valtech team joining Edwards. We believe their knowledge, experience and the Cardioband technology are valuable additions to Edwards,” Edwards chairman & CEO Michael Mussallem said in prepared remarks.

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