Health Care M&A Deals, February 12, 2021
The Health Care M&A deals chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The M&A transactions presented here are from our HealthCareMandA.com Deal Database, which is updated daily to provide our subscribers with the most up-to-date information and trends in the healthcare industry. The largest deal of the week by disclosed price is Sharecare, Inc.’s reverse merger with Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, valued at $3.9 billion. Sharecare provides an online health and wellness engagement platform that gives consumers a personal results-oriented experience by connecting them to health resources... Read More » Health Care M&A Deals, February 5, 2021
The Health Care M&A deals chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The M&A transactions presented here are from our HealthCareMandA.com Deal Database, which is updated daily to provide our subscribers with the most up-to-date information and trends in the healthcare industry. The largest deal of the week by disclosed price is Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc’s acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals plc for for $7.2 billion. GW Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, regulatory approved therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform to address a broad range of... Read More »
Healthcare Services Bankruptcies Spiked in 2020
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the United States early in 2020, observers expected the flow of healthcare services bankruptcies filings by small rural hospitals and other service organizations stressed by regulatory and reimbursement challenges to continue at a steady trickle. Once the economic and social shutdowns began in mid-March, hospitals were forced to suspend elective procedures, emergency room visits plummeted, physician practices largely closed temporarily and home health agencies experienced a wave of visit cancellations. The cost of personal protective equipment, a requirement for healthcare workers, soared to astronomical highs. Of course, merger and acquisition... Read More » Health Care M&A Deals, January 29, 2021
The Health Care M&A deals chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The M&A transactions presented here are from our HealthCareMandA.com Deal Database, which is updated daily to provide our subscribers with the most up-to-date information and trends in the healthcare industry. The largest deal of the week by disclosed price is Cofinimmo’s acquisition of a portfolio of six care homes and one post-acute/rehab center in Ireland with 491 beds for $112.9 million. Six of the seven sites are located within the province of Leinster, including five within the Greater Dublin region. The final site of Castlemanor is in the province of... Read More » Health Care M&A Deals, January 22, 2021
The Health Care M&A deals chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The M&A transactions presented here are from our HealthCareMandA.com Deal Database, which is updated daily to provide our subscribers with the most up-to-date information and trends in the healthcare industry. The largest deal of last week was Boston Scientific Corporation’s acquisition of Preventice Solutions, Inc. for $925 million. Preventice Solutions offers a full portfolio of mobile cardiac health solutions and services, ranging from ambulatory cardiac monitors to cardiac event monitors and mobile cardiac telemetry. The company recorded net sales of $158 million in 2020, a... Read More »