SonoSite News

TOKYO & NEW YORK -- -- FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation , a diversified technology company that operates in healthcare, highly functional materials, and document solutions, announced today the completion of the previously announced acquisition of SonoSite, Inc.

Outside of pharmaceuticals and "big iron" applications like imaging, Japanese companies haven't made much impression on the U.S. healthcare market.

Great growth stories in med-tech really are a "now you see it, now you don't" proposition, as large rivals either whittle away the growth with competition or buy the company outright.

The Tokyo-based maker of chemicals, housing materials and synthetic fibers said it will buy Massachusetts-based Zoll Medical for $93 per share in a tender offer set to start within 10 working days.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation , a diversified technology company that operates in healthcare, highly functional materials, and document solutions, announced today the successful completion of a tender offer through its indirect wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Salmon Acquisition Corporation for all outstanding shares of common stock of SonoSite, Inc.