Histosonics Inc. signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Gunze Medical Ltd. to bring its novel histotripsy-based therapeutic model, the Edison System, to Japan. The strategic alliance with Gunze Medical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Gunze Ltd., paves a figurative runway for Histosonics to introduce its Edison platform in Japan — one of Asia’s largest medical device markets.

Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA got the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on its feet and dancing with Germany’s largest IPO in more than 18 months Oct. 9. The €808 million (US$934.23 million) gave the prosthetics company a market capitalization of €4.2 billion (US$4.88 billion), which rapidly rose as the share price shot up from €66 to €72 at the start of trading. The second med-tech to go public in October should have more company soon, with U.S. molecular diagnostics company Billiontoone Inc. filing Oct. 7 for an IPO with placeholder value of $100 million.

Owens & Minor Inc. (O&M) is shedding its Products & Healthcare Services (P&HS) segment with an eye towards expanding its leadership position in the home-based care space. The company has agreed to sell its P&HS segment to Platinum Equity, a private equity firm. Platinum will pay $375 million in cash, while Richmond, Va.-based O&M retains a 5% equity stake in the business.

Like a scene from a movie, a British beauty influencer and a German disabled war veteran could provide just the spark that Europe needs to open its financial heart to med-tech companies in need of love and cash. The Beauty Tech Group, which sells a range of U.S. FDA-cleared aesthetics devices popular with global influencers, raised £106.5 million ($144 million) in an IPO Oct. 3 on the beleaguered London Stock Exchange.

Boston Scientific Corp. continues to prove out its strategy of active acquisitions combined with industry-leading organic growth with the closing of its $88 million acquisition of Elutia Inc.’s Bioenvelope business and very positive targets for growth presented during its investor day on Sept. 30.

Ernst & Young LLP didn't quite declare the patient cured but saw signs of a strong med-tech recovery after a few years on life support in its annual Pulse of the MedTech Industry report. The global accounting giant particularly called out strength in the cardiovascular, diabetes, robotics and orthopedics segments.

The unsettling impact that the Trump administration’s health care and tariff initiatives are having on M&A activity and financing is highlighted in a new survey of CEOs and investors, who say uncertainty related to the U.S. policy environment is the top challenge they face when it comes to executing deals.

Staar Surgical Co. reported that its 45-day window shop period ended on Sept. 19 with no competing bids made, and it urged its shareholders to vote in favor of completing the $1.5 billion cash merger with Alcon AG.

After a five-year partnership, Senseonics Holdings Inc. and Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG, a unit of Tokyo-based PHC Holdings Corp., agreed to transition worldwide commercialization and distribution of Senseonics’ Eversense 365 implantable continuous glucose monitor back to Senseonics beginning on Jan. 1, 2026.

Through the first eight months of 2025, med-tech M&A deal value reached $30.74 billion, a modest rebound from $34.77 billion during the same period in 2024. August contributed $2.42 billion, down from July’s $6.21 billion, yet still ahead of several earlier months in 2025.