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Stryker buying Physio-Control for $1.28 billion
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Medical technology company Stryker is buying Physio-Control International Inc. for $1.28 billion, which will help expand its product offerings and broaden its global reach.
Privately held Physio-Control develops, makes and markets monitors/defibrillators, automated external defibrillators, CPR-assist devices and data management and support services. The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $503 million.
The transaction is expected to close at the start of the second quarter.
Shares of Stryker Corp., which is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, rose 7 cents to $97.40 in afternoon trading.
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