Merit Medical Acquires View Point Medical, Inc., expanding the Merit Therapeutic Oncology Portfolio

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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a global leader of healthcare technology, today announced it has acquired View Point Medical, Inc. (View Point). Through a merger transaction, View Point is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merit. View Point, located in Carlsbad, California, manufactures the OneMark® Detection Imaging System and OneMark Tissue Markers. The aggregate transaction consideration, including the assumption of ViewPoint liabilities, is approximately $140 million. Of that amount, $90 million was paid in cash at closing and two deferred payments of $25 million each are scheduled to be paid not later than the first and second anniversaries of the closing date, respectively. “This acquisition expands Merit’s portfolio of therapeutic oncology products dedicated to the accurate diagnosis and localization of breast and soft tissue tumors,” said Martha G. Aronson, Merit’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Merit has built a market leadership position in wire-free, non-radioactive breast localization procedures. This leadership is built upon our SCOUT® platform, which utilizes the precision and accuracy of radar. View Point’s unique ultrasound-enhanced technology offers a highly innovative solution to localize more lesions at the time of biopsy – representing an estimated 1.3 million procedures annually in the United States alone. We look forward to discussing this acquisition in further detail on our first quarter investor conference call.” Merit’s first quarter investor call is scheduled for April 30, 2026. The OneMark System is US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for its intended use and consists of a surgical detection console and ultrasound-enhanced tissue markers. After placement, the tissue markers are designed to be visible across commonly used imaging modalities and engineered to minimize interference with imaging studies. The combination of SCOUT and OneMark provides physicians with more localization options during the initial diagnostic biopsy, which may reduce the need for a separate procedure to mark the location of the tumor prior to surgery. “The acquisition of View Point reinforces Merit’s mission to help reduce the burden that breast cancer places on patients and their loved ones,” said Adam Smith, Merit’s Chief Commercial Officer. ...

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