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After a four-year partnership, XIO Group has finally sold Lumenis. CVC Capital Partners and FountainVest Partners came incredibly close to purchasing the medical device firm late last year for an estimated $950 million, according to reports in Calcalist, but the deal was never finalized. Fast forward to the present day, and Baring Private Equity Asia […]
Cinven and Astorg have joined forces to purchase LGC Group from KKR (NYSE: KKR). The two global private equity firms spent $3.88 billion (£3 billion) for the firm, according to sources cited in Private Equity News. LGC provides a range of measurement tools, proficiency testing schemes, supply chain assurance standards, and specialty genomics reagents to […]
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P won the auction to acquire WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG) from Arsenal Capital Partners for $3 billion. The purchase value was originally reported in PE Hub Buyouts. WCG is a clinical services organization that enables biopharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and institutions to accelerate the delivery of new treatments and therapies to patients. […]
With more than 180 deals announced so far in 2019, the Physician Medical Group sector is roaring toward another strong close. The usual specialties—dental, dermatology and ophthalmology—are still very active, but after 10 to 20 years of consolidation, their trajectories are flattening. Other specialties are gaining traction with private equity investors, particularly orthopedics, gastrointestinal (GI), […]
After a quiet year on the acquisition front, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) and LifePoint Health have expanded their joint venture (JV) into three new states. The purchase includes CMH Home Health Care in Wilmington, Ohio, Casa de la Paz Hospice in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and St. Joseph Family Hospice in Lewiston, Idaho. LHC Group will assume […]
In the first week of November, BioAgilytix Labs, LLC, a portfolio company of Riverside Partners, purchased Cambridge Biomedical. Both Cambridge and BioAgilytix are contract research organizations (CROs) that develop novel therapeutic biologics and biosimilars, specializing in large molecule bioanalysis. The transaction expands BioAgilytix’s global footprint and adds further capacity by joining Cambridge Biomedical’s CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited, […]
Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, a portfolio company of S.C. Goldman & Company, LLC, recently announced it acquired DentalOne Partners from Dental Investments, LLC. DentalOne is one of the largest dental service organizations (DSOs) nationally with approximately 150 affiliated offices across 13 states and 27 markets. This acquisition increases Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners affiliated offices to more than 240 operating in 18 […]
It’s been a quiet year in the Rehabilitation M&A market, at least through October. There have been 27 deals announced that targeted rehabilitation facilities only, a decline of 37% compared with the 43 deals announced in the full year of 2018. True, that’s 10 months in 2019 versus all 12 in 2018, but we’re not […]
It’s been nearly a year since Mednax Inc. (NYSE: MD) announced its MedData subsidiary was headed for the auction block. The company acquired the privately held revenue cycle management company in August 2014 for an undisclosed amount. Now that Mednax has hired teams of consultants to help it rethink its business model, MedData is a […]
TowerBrook Capital Partners and Ascension have joined forces in a hospice deal worth $1 billion, or 11.8x revenue. The joint venture is buying Hospice Compassus, which provides hospice, palliative and home health care and services to patients in more than 25 states, from Formation Capital and Audax Private Equity. Towerbrook and Ascension will own equal stakes […]
