LeMaitre Vascular Acquires Biologic Patch Business from Admedus

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Oct 14, 2019
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BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAT), announced that it has acquired the biologic patch business of Admedus Ltd (ASX: AHZ) for $15.5 million, of which $14.2 million was paid at closing and $1.3 million is due in two post-closing installments, as well as potential earnout payments of $7.8 million payable based upon performance of the acquired business as well as other milestones. The parties also signed a license agreement for the tissue processing technology limited to the CardioCel and VascuCel product lines and a transition services agreement under which Admedus will continue to manufacture the products for up to three years while LeMaitre Vascular transitions manufacturing to its US headquarters. LeMaitre Vascular will not take ownership of the Admedus factory in Perth, Australia.