Roper buys two more firms for $450M

SARASOTA — Business conglomerate Roper Industries acquired two medical software firms, deals that come a week after it bought a cloud-computing analytics company with a focus on health care clients.

The agreements regarding the new acquisitions, according to a release, are for Burlington, Vt.-based Data Innovations and Pittsburgh-based SoftWriters Inc. The combined purchase price for both acquisitions is $450 million, the release adds, and both acquisitions are expected to close in February, subject to regulatory approval.

“Both Data Innovations and SoftWriters have market-leading technology and terrific leadership teams,” Roper Chairman, President and CEO Brian Jellison says in the statement. “We welcome these two outstanding and strategic businesses to the Roper family.”