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BayMark Health Adds Two More Treatment Programs
BayMark Health Services, the opioid treatment platform formed by Webster Capital, added two more organizations to its roster in November. The deals bring its 2018 acquisition total to five. In all of 2017, the company made six deals public, so we’re expecting at least one more by the end of this year. St. Louis-based SpecialCare Hospital Management was the first target acquired in November. The comapny works with 46 acute care hospitals in 13 states to provide specialized inpatient stabilization and withdrawal management services for patients with opioid addiction. The company will retain its name and much of its staff. BayMark’s second deal took it into new territory.... Read More »
PE Firms Target Healthcare Staffing Services
Who says good help is hard to find? Just about every healthcare provider in the United States, it seems. The growing shortage of doctors and nurses, together with the recent near-record low U.S. unemployment rates, has brought the healthcare staffing services segment into sharp focus for investors. Through mid-November, 18 deals targeting these companies have been announced in 2018, compared with 16 in 2017 and 10 in all of 2016. Five of this year’s deals had private equity firms as acquirers, and five others were made by PE-sponsored firms. The most recent transaction was announced by HNI Healthcare, a portfolio company of Sante Ventures based in Austin, Texas. HNI recruits,... Read More »
Numotion Moves to AEA Investors
Audax Private Equity and LLR Partners have exited their jointly held rehab company, Numotion, which has been a major player in consolidating the complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) market. AEA Investors is the new owner. The target provides complex rehabilitation technology (CRT), including manual and power wheelchairs designed to meet the unique medical and functional needs of individuals with significant disabilities and medical conditions. Numotion was formed in January 2013 through the merger of United Seating Mobility and ATG Rehab. Audax Private Equity acquired ATG Rehab in January 2011, and LLR Partners acquired United Seating and Mobility in February 2011. Since then, the... Read More »
Health Care M&A Deals, Week Ending November 16, 2018
The Health Care M&A Weekly chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The deals presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated every business day, in the quarterly report. Visit www.dealsearchonline.com to see how Deal Search Online can help you stay up-to-date on the healthcare market overall, or in a particular sector of interest to your firm. Behavioral Health Care Acquirer Target Price Catapult Learning, Inc. Capital Education Group N/A WindRose Health Investors, LLC Traditions Behavioral Health N/A Biotechnology Acquirer Target Price United Therapeutics Corp. Global license to ralinepag $800,000,000 eHealth Acquirer... Read More »
Swedish Orphan Drug Maker Moves into the U.S.
Ready or not, here comes Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (STO: SOBI). The company recently paid $1.5 billion to AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) in a double-sided deal. First, it’s acquiring the perpetual U.S. rights to Synagis (palivizumab), which prevents serious lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) caused by FSV in high-risk infants. The other side of the deal gives SOBI participation in 50% of the future earnings of AstraZeneca’s drug candidate MEDI8897, which it has been jointly developing with Sanofi Pasteur (NYSE: SNY) since March 2017. MEDI8897 is a follow-on candidate to Synagis and a monoclonal antibody (mAb) being investigated for the prevention of LRTI caused by RSV. Sobi... Read More »
athenahealth Finds a Buyer and a Merger Partner
Only two weeks into the month of November 2018, and already the deal value is higher than all of October. Through November 14, nearly $9.8 billion has been spent, but that’s largely because of a single deal, and one that’s been long in the works. After a lengthy bidding process, athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) was acquired by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, the private equity subsidiary of activist investor group Elliott Management Corporation. athenahealth’s focus is on hospital and ambulatory customers and its products range from medical records, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination and population health services. The final price of... Read More »
It’s a Glass Half-Something View of Healthcare M&A
If you only saw one story regarding Capital One Healthcare’s (NYSE: COF) recent industry survey, then you only saw one view of where the respondents think the industry is heading. Every year, Capital One surveys a group of healthcare services executives and private equity firms on their opinions regarding the industry’s business performance, likely merger and acquisition activity, emerging growth segments, etc. Last September, 123 CEOs, CFOs and other senior executives and PE investors responded, and the results were published as an infographic. “Healthcare Industry Optimism Reaches New Heights” was the title, followed by a graphic showing that 72% of respondents... Read More »
ZT Corporate Scoops up Six Freestanding Emergency Centers
ZT Corporate, a Houston-based private equity firm formerly known as ZT Wealth, won its stalking-horse bid to acquire six freestanding emergency centers in the Houston area, operating under the Neighbors Emergency Center brand. Founded in 1997, the firm owns and manages Altus Health, whose operations include a surgical hospital, cancer centers and three freestanding emergency centers, all in Texas. Neighbors was founded in Pearland, Texas in 2008 and opened its first center in 2009. At its peak, the company operated 33 centers across three states. However, increased competition, too much corporate overhead and “less favorable insurance payor conditions” led to financial... Read More »
Health Care M&A Deals, Week Ending November 9, 2018
The Health Care M&A Weekly chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The deals presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated every business day, in the quarterly report. Visit www.dealsearchonline.com to see how Deal Search Online can help you stay up-to-date on the healthcare market overall, or in a particular sector of interest to your firm. Behavioral Health Care Acquirer Target Price BayMark Health Services SpecialCare Hospital Management N/A FHE Health Group Treatment Partners of America N/A Biotechnology Acquirer Target Price Eli Lilly and Company License to immuno-oncology therapies $25,000,000... Read More »Schedule a demo
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