Stryker's Deal For Spine Device Maker Vexim Rounds Up Ortho M&A Trilogy
Executive Summary
It's been a busy week for ortho M&A activity, with three key sector players cutting deals. Smith & Nephew's agreement to buy Rotation Medical kick-started the week, then two more deals followed in succession, with Exactech announcing it was to be acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital and Stryker saying it will acquire a majority control of Vexim, a French spinal device maker.
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