Extremities, Emerging Markets Continue To Top Ortho M&As

With hip and knee joint markets still registering slow to modest growth, multinational orthopedic companies are compelled to go to where the growth is. Over the past three years, orthopedic companies looking to add bulk to their bottom line through mergers and acquisitions have pursued two distinct directions – the extremities and emerging markets. (See Also see "Large Joint Replacement Market: Set For A Rebound?" - Medtech Insight, 27 February, 2013. and Also see "Extremity Implants Poised For Strong Growth As Ortho Market Evolves" - Medtech Insight, 25 October, 2012..)

In the past month this path was taken once again by Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., which acquired Tuttlingen, Germany’s Normed Medizin-Technik GMBH, a small bone specialty company.