Werfen Life Divests to Focus on the Hemostasis Market
The growing prevalence of autoimmune and blood disorders has put a spotlight on the science of hemostasis, the process of stopping bleeding and keeping blood within the damaged blood vessel. The coagulation/hemostasis analyzer market is expected to reach $4.84 billion by 2021, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets. Among the products, clinical laboratory analyzers are expected to account for the largest share of the market. Some big name players are already strengthening their hemostasis portfolios. In December 2015, Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK) purchased a global portfolio of three hemostasis products from The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) for an upfront payment of $175... Read More »Behavioral Health Company Goes Public after Acquisition
The Behavioral Health sector isn’t charging into the New Year. Only two deals have been announced in the first three weeks of January, but one of those is unusual for the sector. On January 11, 2017, Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GPAC), a blank-check company formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination, merged with Alabama-based Sequel Youth and Family Services, a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. Sequel Youth and Family Services now operates 44 residential and community-based programs in 19 states that offer diversified behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults with behavioral, emotional or physical challenges. In March... Read More »Bain Capital Expands its Pediatric Home Health Platform
In less than a month, Bain Capital Private Equity has built a major pediatric home health care platform. It began on December 19, 2016, with Bain’s announcement that it was acquiring Dallas, Texas-based Epic Health Services, from Webster Capital. On January 17, 2017, the global private equity firm announced a deal for Atlanta, Georgia-based PSA Healthcare, sold by J.H. Whitney Capital Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed in either deal. J.H. Whitney acquired PSA Healthcare, then known as Pediatric Services of America, Inc., in March 2015, for an undisclosed price. PSA specialized in caring for medically fragile children at home, caring for more than 2,500 patients through 65... Read More »December 2016 Didn’t Deliver a Year-End Boost
The final month of the fourth quarter is typically a busy one for deal makers in all industries. Last year, some health care deal makers apparently got a rest. Deal volume in December 2016 was an anemic 119 transactions, compared with 131 deals in November and 148 in December 2015. The Services sectors accounted for 55% of the deals in December, which is on the low side. Consider that, in November, Services accounted for 69% of the month’s transactions, and even 70% of the total in December 2015. Spending on those deals reached $15.4 billion, a relatively modest amount until it is compared with November’s $8.7 billion total (+78%) and December 2015’s $12.3 billion total (+26%). Suddenly,... Read More »PMG Sector Sets Record in 2016
Mergers and acquisitions in the Physician Medical Group sector hit a record 119 transactions in 2016, up 19% over 2015’s previous record of 100 announced transactions. Consolidation was a big theme, as some of the top publicly traded companies either merged or were taken private. Another factor driving independent physician practices to team up was MACRA (the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015), which gave smaller physician practices the option to stay with fee-for-service Medicare reimbursement, or to switch to value-based payment for treating Medicare patients. The best option for many groups was to join a larger practice or the local hospital. Despite the frenzy of... Read More »Schedule a demo
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