New Report: Angiotech Pharma Acquires Product Candidates and Technology Assets from Haemacure Corp

PRLog (Press Release) - May 28, 2010 - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, announced the closing of its acquisition of certain product candidates and technology assets of Haemacure Corporation. Haemacure has been involved in proceedings under Canada's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Through an asset sale transaction, Angiotech has acquired all of the relevant research and development activities, manufacturing operations, key personnel, and intellectual property rights necessary to pursue the commercialization of Haemacure's human biomaterial product candidates, namely, fibrin sealant and thrombin hemostat. According to GlobalData the rationale behind this transaction stems from the high opportunity and value that Angiotech could gain from entering the wound care market and the complementing product portfolios the transaction would bring along.

Scope

Details of the deal included

* History of previous deals or agreements between the two companies
* Rationale behind the deal
* Forecast market revenue for the global wound closure devices market
* Details of the acquired products in question

Reasons to buy

* Identify key M&A trends in the medical equipment market
* Track competitor product portfolios and acquisition history
* Assess future outlook of the company

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Report Table of Contents:

1 Table of Contents 1
1.1 List of Tables 1
1.2 List of Figures 1
2 Angiotech Pharma Acquires Product Candidates and Technology Assets from Haemacure Corporation 1
2.1 What is this Report About? 1
2.2 Deal Background 1
2.3 Deal Rationale 2
2.4 The Acquired Products 3
3 Appendix 4
3.1 Research Methodology 4
3.2 Coverage 5
3.3 Secondary Research 5
3.4 Primary Research 5
3.5 Models 5
3.6 Forecasts 5
3.7 Expert Panels 6
3.8 GlobalData Consulting 6
3.9 Contact Us 6
3.10 Disclaimer 6

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Wound Closure Devices Market, Global, Revenue ($m), 2009 - 2016 3
Table 2: Hemaseel Thrombin Haemostatic Agent Product Details 4
Table 3: Hemaseel HMN fibrin sealant-Adhesion Prevention, Product Details 4
Table 4: Hemaseel HMN fibrin sealant-Hemostatis, Product Details 4

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Wound Closure Market, Global, Revenue ($m), 2009 - 2016 2
Figure 2: GlobalData Methodology 4

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