In October 2019, The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) and The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) announced the completion of Pennant’s spin-off. The two separated to give investors more and better industry-specific options; The Ensign Group will stay focused on services ranging from skilled nursing to various forms of therapy and rehab, while The Pennant Group […]
The Hospital sector ended 2019 with 80 transactions in the United States reaching the definitive agreement stage or closing. All told, 99 hospital deals are on the books for the year, which is a 25% increase over 2018’s 79 hospital deals. For the fourth quarter of 2019, 23 transactions reached the definitive agreement stage or […]
The eHealth sector hit the ground running in 2020. In the first two and a half weeks 15 eHealth transactions have been announced, and we expect it to easily eclipse January 2019’s deal volume of 16. It’s already matched last month’s total count of 15. The headline deal belongs to Teladoc Health, Inc.‘s (NYSE: TDOC) […]
The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference in San Francisco concluded last week with very few big deal announcements. In January 2019, Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) made its $74 billion takeover of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) public just before the conference started. That was quickly followed by Eli Lilly and Company‘s (NYSE: LLY) $8 billion deal […]
The Health Care M&A Weekly chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The deals presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated every business day. Visit www.dealsearchonline.com to see how Deal Search Online can help you stay up-to-date on the healthcare market overall, or in a particular sector of interest to […]
December’s deal volume proved to be a fitting end to a busy year. With 148 deals already reported, the last month of the year easily topped November’s total of 136 (+9%) and even December 2018’s 142 deals (+4%). Deal makers were in a rush to close transactions by the end of the year, obviously. The […]
Arosa+LivHOME is already on the acquisition trail in the new year. According to our Deal Search Online database, the company reported six transactions in 2019 and is wasting no time to keep growing. In early January, the Bain Capital Double Impact portfolio company purchased Lifecare Innovations, a professional care management services provider. No financial details […]
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK), a medical device company that develops therapeutic products for tissue protection, healing and repair, announced two acquisitions in mid-Januaryto bolster its device portfolio. For a modest sum of $35 million upfront and a potential $60 million in milestones, the company acquired Parcus Medical, LLC, which provides implant and instrumentation products […]
Fourth quarter 2019 results will turn out to be a strong one. Deals are still being added, but the current total for Q4:19 is 430 transactions. That’s down about 6% compared with the third quarter’s 456 deals and 15% behind the same quarter in 2018, when 504 deals were announced. Some trends emerged in the […]
The Health Care M&A Weekly chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The deals presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated every business day. Visit www.dealsearchonline.com to see how Deal Search Online can help you stay up-to-date on the healthcare market overall, or in a particular sector of interest to […]
