This acquisition and funding for cloud-based IT services for efficient and secure remote viewing of medical images
Streamlined services to the medical care sector via the Internet increase in importance and gain in maturity. It is also exciting to see that, remote viewing of medical images is a growing area due to efficiency requirements and, in certain cases, staff shortages in the medical care sector.
IT and medical technology
company Sectra has acquired the Swedish company RxEye AB, which
sells cloud-based IT services for efficient and secure remote viewing of
medical images. The services are used, for example, by radiology, nuclear
medicine and pathology departments, as well as by companies that sell
teleradiology services.
DigitalEcono also recalls that, through its
RxEye Cloud service, RxEye has built up a network for remote viewing of
radiology and pathology images. The company’s customers are located in Europe,
and more than 2,000 users in Sweden, Norway and France are connected to the
network. The company now has a total of six employees and had sales of
approximately SEK 7 million in the 2015 financial year.
The acquisition is being
conducted by Sectra’s Imaging IT Solutions business area, in which the
operation will be incorporated. It is being financed using Sectra’s own funds
and the transaction comprises a cash consideration and an additional contingent
consideration. The business was transferred to Sectra on December 30,
2015.