NMT Medical/Integra Lifesciences
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
NMT's divestiture of the Selector ultrasonic aspirator, Ruggles surgical instruments and cryosurgery product lines to Integra LifeSciences for $12 mil. will enable the firm to refocus on its core cardiovascular business, the firm announces March 21. The product lines generated 1999 revenues of approximately $12.1 mil. In connection with the acquisition, Integra will change the name of its neurosurgical device business from Integra NeuroCare to Integra NeuroSciences, expand its direct sales force focusing on neurotrauma and neurosurgery to 45 U.S. reps, and build sales forces in the U.K. and Ireland