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Q4:15 Health Care M&A Results Are In

It’s hard to see a total of 370 deals in one quarter as a disappointment, but it may be, for some. That’s the current total of health care transactions we have for the last three months of 2015. Compared with the third quarter, however, the fourth quarter deal volume dropped almost 10%. Deal volume in Q3:15 has reached 409 deals, topping the 400-transaction mark for the first time ever. Healthcare services made up a robust 67% of the deal volume in Q4:15, the segment’s strongest showing in the previous four quarters. Thanks to the mega-deals in the Pharmaceutical segment, spending for the fourth quarter was $202.0 billion, up 1% compared with the third quarter’s... Read More »

Q4:15 Health Care Deals Meet Last Year’s Record

Health care deal volume in last year’s fourth quarter set a record, with 356 transactions. In 2015, fourth quarter deal volume now equals that total, and will probably inch higher in the coming weeks as more deals come in and are added to the database. The upshot: We expect Q4:15 to set a new record, at least for fourth-quarter deal activity. (Last year’s momentum carried over to the first quarter of 2015, when 366 deals were announced, so Q4:15 isn’t an all-out record quarter.) Spending in the fourth quarter did set a new record, for any previous quarter. Committed spending now stands at $201.9 billion for the last three months of 2015, up 1% compared with the third... Read More »