Chinese technology group Midea has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Esaote, the Genoa-based medical imaging company. Esaote will join Midea's Healthcare Division but keep operating as an independent global medical equipment company. Its R&D and production sites in Italy and the Netherlands remain in place.
Sopris Capital completed its purchase of AI imaging orchestration firm Blackford Analysis from Bayer and plans to combine it with portfolio company Azra AI.
ABL Texcell Diagnostics is acquiring IntegraGen's genomics and bioinformatics business and assets under an Évry Commercial Court ruling, as IntegraGen enters judicial liquidation.
Viatris agreed to buy Pacira BioSciences in a roughly $1.7B buyout. The deal brings in post-surgical pain drug Exparel and knee osteoarthritis therapy Zilretta, which together booked nearly $700M in 2025. Leerink expects the deal to be immediately accretive to revenue.
China's Midea Group has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake in Esaote, a Genoa-based medical imaging company known for ultrasound and dedicated MRI. Esaote will join Midea Healthcare, operate independently and stay under CEO Franco Fontana. Terms were not disclosed.
Eye-care VR diagnostics platform Carrot agreed to buy GreenMan Vision, maker of InSightVR, adding intraocular lens simulation for cataract surgery; terms were not disclosed.
Option Care Health agreed to be acquired by private equity firm CD&R and drug distributor McKesson for $32.05 per share in cash. The deal values the home and alternate-site infusion provider at about $5.8 billion. The offer is a roughly 37% premium to Option Care's October 5 closing price.
Viatris agreed to acquire Pacira BioSciences for $36.50 per share in cash, an aggregate equity value of $1.65 billion. Pacira sells the non-opioid pain drugs EXPAREL and ZILRETTA and generated about $746 million in revenue and $177 million in adjusted EBITDA over the last twelve months.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and McKesson agreed to acquire Option Care Health for $32.05 per share in a deal valued at about $5.8 billion. CD&R will hold majority ownership, while McKesson invests roughly $1.4 billion for about 49%, with a framework to potentially buy CD&R's stake later. Option Care shares jumped about 34%.
Japan's Shionogi agreed to acquire Texas-based IntraBio for $2 billion, adding the marketed drug Aqneursa for Niemann-Pick disease type C and Ataxia-Telangiectasia. IntraBio reported sales of $68 million in 2025. The purchase follows Shionogi's acquisitions of Radicava and Tetra Therapeutics as it builds out a rare neurodegenerative disease franchise.