# Smith & Nephew acquires Rotation Medical for up to $210 million

Smith & Nephew has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rotation Medical Inc., a developer of a tissue regeneration technology for shoulder rotator cuff repair, for an initial cash consideration of $125 million and up to $85 million in contingent payments over five years.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-10-23
- Where: United States
- Value: $125.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: tissue regeneration technology for shoulder repair, bioinductive implant, arthroscopic instruments
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Smith & Nephew](https://endata.com/companies/19873.md) (acquirer)
- [Rotation Medical](https://endata.com/companies/27487.md) (target)

## Sources

- [sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845982/000165495417009621/a3580u.htm), 2017-10-23: "Rotation Medical furthers our strategy to invest in disruptive technologies that accelerate the transformation of Smith & Nephew to higher growth."

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