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...The fastest growing companies in the Americas The third annual ranking of the region’s businesses this year — perhaps unsurprisingly — places a US medtech business in the top spot....
...The combined company, with a market capitalisation of about $125bn, will be one of the biggest players in the fragmented “medtech” sector, manufacturing everything from standard pacemakers to precision tools...
...“Medtech M&A in the near term seems to be shifting toward megadeals,” said Danielle Antalffy, analyst at Leerink....
...“We are seeing a lot of interest in medtech and private hospitals but the challenge in China is that there are few large deal opportunities,” says Vinit Bhatia, head of China private equity for Bain & Co...
...Like the pharmaceuticals companies with which they are often compared, most of medtech churns out products that are non-discretionary and paid for by governments or insurers....
...“Almost no medtech companies operate with a capital structure that is optimised for immediate shareholder returns....
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