Medtech M&A: The 10 biggest deals so far in 2017

Over the past several years, the healthcare industry as a whole has experienced an abundance of mergers and acquisitions – major players are buying up their peers in deals ranging from millions to billions.  The trend is continuing, and the healthcare playing field continues to be shaped by these mega-transactions.

For the medical device industry, 2017 is already proving to be a busy year full of deals that are changing the landscape.  In just 6 months, we’ve seen seen groundbreaking deals like Abbott’s $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude, Becton Dickinson’s $24 billion purchase of C.R. Bard and Medtronic’s $6.1 billion divestiture of its patient monitoring and recovery biz to Cardinal Health.

MassDevice.com has assembled a list of the 10 of the biggest M&A deals in the medical device industry so far – with a combined price tag of over $65 billion.

FIRST: Abbott closes its $25 billion St. Jude Medical buy

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