B Braun merges surgical business with Aesculap
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
B Braun Melsungen will take full control of Aesculap, another German company in which it has had a majority stake since 1976. Following the takeover, B Braun will merge its own surgical business with Aesculap in response to the worldwide concentration in the surgical instruments market and the demand for price reduction from customers, says the company.