Warburg Pincus completes Lifecore offer

New York-According to affiliates of private equity firm Warburg Pincus, a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Lifecore Biomedical Inc., a medical materials and device maker, is complete.

The offer, which was worth $17 per share or about $229.5 million, concluded with about 94.2% of outstanding Lifecore shares tendered.

Investments in health care-related companies around the world add up to $6.2 billion for Warburg Pincus, according to the private equity firm, including $2.7 billion in medical device makers such as American Medical Systems, Bausch & Lomb, ev3, Kyphon, Tornier, and Wright Medical Group.