• Montagu Acquires Tyber Medical 

    Montagu Private Equity announced on January 14 the acquisition of Tyber Medical for an undisclosed price. With this transaction, Montagu will merge Tyber Medical with its portfolio companies Intech and Resolve Surgical Technologies to create a new platform.   Tyber Medical is an orthopedic medical device manufacturer providing rapid... Read More »
  • Takara Bio USA Holdings Acquires Curio Bioscience 

    On January 15, Takara Bio USA Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., announced that it acquired Curio Bioscience.   Curio Bioscience is a biotechnology company that is advancing a new generation of high-precision tools for the life sciences industry. The company has developed spatial biology capabilities to map the... Read More »
  • 2025 Kicks off With Several Big Biopharma Deals

    With the JP Morgan 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference underway in San Francisco this week, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical (Biopharma) sectors are seeing a flurry of activity. Many large-scale acquisitions and licensing agreements are being announced, setting the tone for an eventful year ahead in the industry. So far this year, 14 Biopharma... Read More »
  • In Motion Physical Therapy Joins PE-Backed Ivy Rehab

    Private equity-backed Ivy Rehab announced in January 2025 that it has partnered with In Motion Physical Therapy in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  In Motion Physical Therapy is a provider of outpatient physical therapy in Pennsylvania. The company is led by a team of therapists specializing in... Read More »
  • West Physics Consulting Acquires Mid-South Medical Physics in Arkansas

    West Physics Consulting announced on January 13 that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Mid-South Medical Physics. The partnership with Mid-South includes a multi-phase acquisition of Mid-South by West Physics, allowing Mid-South’s owner and President, Mr. Paul Beck, to gradually retire as West Physics supports him... Read More »

Agape Senior Living Portfolio Sold

Last week’s largest deal total just $153.8 million. That modest amount was paid by an undisclosed private equity firm to acquire the Agapé Senior Living portfolio across South Carolina. The portfolio consists of 10 assisted living communities, with 856 units, and three skilled nursing facilities, with 294 beds. The buildings were constructed from 1990 to 2008, with various renovations. Occupancy averaged 77.5% at the AL/MC and 81.6% at the SNFs. The final purchase price came out to $156,400 per unit for the AL/MC units and $68,000 per bed for the skilled nursing. Read More »

Trilogy Health Services Fetches $1.1 Billion

Privately held Trilogy Health Services, the Louisville, Kentucky-based owner and operator of 96 long-term care facilities, was sold to a couple of REITs, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III and NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc. for $1.1 billion. The joint venture between Griffin-American (which will own 70% of the JV) and NorthStar (30%) will effectively own 96.4% of Trilogy. The remaining 3.6%, or $24 million, will be owned by Trilogy management. The price includes the assumption of $205.1 million of debt. Trilogy operates 96 properties with more than 10,000 beds across four states (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio).Trilogy owns 53 of the facilities and the remainder are leased, some... Read More »

Long-Term Care Deals Still Flourishing

The number of long-term care deals set a new record in 2014, with a total of 297 transactions announced. Through September 18th, the sector has logged 215 transactions, which could put 2015 in contention to surpass last year’s record. Or not. This is the year of the small(er) senior housing and care transaction, with deal value now standing at $9.65 billion, compared with last year’s blowout total of $29.3 billion. There were five billion-dollar-plus deals announced in 2014, compared with only one thus far in 2015. Here are the year’s biggest deals, to date. AcquirerTargetPrice Joint ventureTrilogy Health Services$1.12 billion NorthStar Realty Finance32 independent living communities$875... Read More »

Deal Volume Rose in July

July’s combined transaction total hit 127 deals, up 2% compared with the bang-up month of July 2014, which had 124 transactions. The Services sector had a strong performance, accounting for 60% of deal volume. Long-Term Care made up 27% of the volume overall with 34 announced transactions. That equalled the record set last July for the sector, and will probably break it as more deals come to light. The Managed Care sector posted some extra activity, although seven deals versus two deals the month prior and a year ago isn’t moving  the needle very high. July 2015 DealsShare of Total Services Behavioral Health Care32% Home Health & Hospice23% Hospitals76% Labs, MRI & Dialysis43%... Read More »

Long-Term Care Deals Still Piling Up

Last week, eight more acquisitions were announced in the Long-Term Care sector, bringing the total to 22 transactions for July, so far. That’s a stronger pace than we’ve seen in recent months. The deal total for the seven deals that disclosed prices was just $220 million, about one-half of the $456 million spent on LTC acquisitions in July. In the second quarter of 2015, there were 64 publicly announced acquisitions in the seniors housing and care market, compared with 62 transactions in the year-ago quarter and 70 transactions in the first quarter of 2015. For second quarter activity, the 64 deals represent a record and implies we may be in for another strong second half of the year, much... Read More »

Joint Venture Buys Regal Lifestyle Communities

Another good REIT story was made in the long-term care sector. Last week Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN) one of the largest diversified healthcare REITS in the country, agreed to pay $623 million for Regal Lifestyle Communities Inc. (TSX: RLC). Regal operates 23 independent living communities with more than 3,600 units—13 in Ontario, seven in Quebec, and one each in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. Far-flung as that sounds, about 83% of the NOI is derived from four large metro markets.  HCN will be buying this portfolio in an existing RIDEA joint venture with Revera, Inc., with HCN owning 75% and Revera 25%. Read More »