• LevinPro HC Stat of the Week, December 5, 2025

    by | Dec 4, 2025 10:36 am | eHealth

    eHealth Activity Hits 3-Year High (Already) Source: LevinPro HC, December 2025 With still a month left in 2025, eHealth M&A activity has hit a 3-year high, with 280 deal announcements, a 13% increase over last year’s volume. Although AI has been a hot topic in healthcare (and just about everywhere), our LevinPro HC data shows that... Read More »

  • INVO Fertility Acquires Family Beginnings 

    by | Dec 3, 2025 1:54 pm | Physician Medical Groups

    INVO Fertility, part of INVO Bioscience, Inc., reported on November 28 that it was expanding its presence with the acquisition of Family Beginnings.  Family Beginnings is a fertility clinic based in Indianapolis, Indiana. According to its website, the practice is run by Dr. James G. Donahue.  Founded in 2009, INVO Fertility healthcare... Read More »

  • Hims & Hers to Acquire YourBio Health

    by | Dec 3, 2025 12:49 pm | Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis

    Leading health and wellness platform Hims & Hers Health, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire YourBio Health, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering portfolio company. YourBio Health is a Boston-based pioneer in capillary whole blood sampling technology. The company invented ‘Touch-Activated Phlebotomy’ for virtually... Read More »

  • BriteLife Recovery Buys New Jersey-Based Summit Behavioral Health

    by | Dec 3, 2025 12:46 pm | Behavioral Health Care

    BriteLife Recovery will be acquiring Summit Behavioral Health, according to a December 2 announcement. The acquisition marks BriteLife Recovery’s first expansion into outpatient programming. Summit Behavioral Health is a community-based intensive outpatient program (IOP) in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. BriteLife Recovery is a provider of... Read More »

  • INVO Fertility Acquires Family Beginnings 

    by | Dec 3, 2025 9:41 am | Physician Medical Groups

    INVO Fertility, part of INVO Bioscience, Inc., reported on November 28 that it was expanding its presence with the acquisition of Family Beginnings.  Family Beginnings is a fertility clinic based in Indianapolis, Indiana. According to its website, the practice is run by Dr. James G. Donahue.  Founded in 2009, INVO Fertility healthcare... Read More »
Guardian Pharmacy Buys Long-Term Care Business

Guardian Pharmacy Buys Long-Term Care Business

by | Feb 12, 2020 12:46 pm | Specialty Pharmacies

Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville, a locally owned member of Atlanta-based Guardian Pharmacy Services (GPS), has acquired the long-term care division of Atkinson’s Pharmacy, which offers compound and specialty pharmacy services for the long-term care industry, including an electronic medical records system for clients. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. GPS is one of the nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy companies, with 37 locations in 26 states. Its local-autonomy business model allows local teams to focus on the specialized needs of customers in their communities. Guardian’s corporate support team assists with day-to-day business operations. The Jacksonville... Read More »
KKR’s PharMerica Makes Its First Deal

KKR’s PharMerica Makes Its First Deal

by | Jun 7, 2019 1:56 pm | Private Equity, Specialty Pharmacies

In late May, specialty pharmacy company PharMerica Corporation announced its first acquisition since being acquired by KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR), with a minority investment from Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), in August 2017. The company priovides institutional and community-based pharmacy services in the United States. When KKR took it private for $1.3 billion, it had trailing-12 month revenue of approximately $2.4 billion and EBITDA of $138 million. In December 2018, KKR announced a $1.3 billion deal for BrightSpring Health Services, then owned by Onex Corporation (ONEX.TO). BrightSpring, formerly known as ResCare, provides comprehensive home and community-based health services... Read More »
Avella Specialty Pharmacy Goes to OptumRx

Avella Specialty Pharmacy Goes to OptumRx

by | Oct 18, 2018 2:30 pm | Other Services, Private Equity, Specialty Pharmacies

The auction for Riordan, Lewis & Haden’s portfolio company, Avella Specialty Pharmacy, was well under way back in February, according to industry sources. UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum was reported to be in the lead, and then things went dark. It wasn’t until UnitedHealth Group’s third quarter earnings report was published on October 16 that the story ended. Some time in the third quarter, Optum acquired Avella and tucked it into its OptumRx pharmacy services subsidiary. The price wasn’t disclosed, but PEHub cited two sources saying the deal was valued at around $325 million. That’s pretty low, considering Avella’s previously disclosed... Read More »

Personalized Medicine Isn’t All Biotech

by | Sep 14, 2015 8:59 am | Biotechnology, Other Services, Specialty Pharmacies

There are many sides to personalized medicine, and genetic testing is just one. Another cropped up last week in an acquisition made by Restore Health, a privately held Wisconsin company that provides personalized medicines to health care providers across the United States. Its target was Diplomat Pharmacy’s (NYSE: DPLO) compounding pharmacy business, which includes preparation of personalized medicines for patients, and compounding pharmacists who work with prescribers to customize medication to meet specific patient health needs. The deal frees up Diplomat to focus on its core specialty pharmacy operations, which were bolstered with its acquisition of Burman’s Specialty Pharmacy for $82.8... Read More »