Sep 5, 2017

Teleflex buys out urology device firm for $1.1 billion

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Medical device company Teleflex is acquiring NeoTract, a smaller company that makes just one medical device, in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. Teleflex will pay $725 million upfront and $375 million in additional payments tied to sales goals.

Why it matters: Teleflex is paying a premium to buy NeoTract's sole product, a urology device that helps treat enlarged prostate glands. But the prostate market is large, profitable and growing. A handful of venture capital firms, including New Enterprise Associates and Questa Capital, poured more than $60 million into NeoTract and are reaping a big payday. Dan Primack reports that this was the result of a dual process by NeoTract, which had confidentially filed for an IPO.

Money talks: "Neotract's Urolift device has strong reimbursement coding and coverage, and (intellectual property) protections run through 2033," Leerink analyst Richard Newitter wrote in an investor note.

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Whit it matters: With less than two weeks until Election Day, the justices voted 5-3 to reinstate the curbside voting ban and overturn a lower court judge's ruling designed to protect people with disabilities during the coronavirus pandemic.

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U.S. officials: Iran and Russia aim to interfere in election

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Why it matters: The revelation comes roughly two weeks before Election Day. Ratcliffe said Iran has sent threatening emails to Democratic voters this week in states across the U.S. and spread videos claiming that people can vote more than once.

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