Press Release

Zeiss Acquires Veracity Innovations

September 1, 2017

Los Angeles – September 1, 2017 – Cooley advised Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., on its acquisition of Veracity Innovations, a medical software company creating cloud solutions for eye doctors. Ray LaSoya led the Cooley team advising Zeiss.

“Digital technology is fundamentally changing our world and has a major impact in healthcare,” said Dr. Ludwin Monz, president and CEO of Zeiss, in a news release. “Efficiently bringing together relevant information and making smart use of data in a secure way, along with artificial intelligence, is reshaping how medicine is practiced today, and is opening up new realms of possibility for advancing patient care.”

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., is owned by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, which trades on TecDAX of the German stock exchange and is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. It supplies innovative technologies and application-oriented solutions designed to help doctors improve the quality of life of their patients. The company is based in Jena, Germany.

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