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Dentsply Sirona Picks Up MIS Implants

by | Jun 30, 2016 8:00 am | Medical Devices

Just last September, Dentsply International (NASDAQ: XRAY) acquired Sirona Dental Systems (NASDAQ: SIRO) for $5.5 billion in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition added Sirona’s worldwide dental equipment business, which posted revenues of $1.15 billion (4.8x) on a trailing 12-month basis, and EBITDA of $280 million (19.8x). The transaction created the world’s largest maker of professional dental products and technologies, with net revenue of approximately $3.8 billion and adjusted EBITDA of more than $900 million on pro forma basis. Nine months later, the combined company, now known as Dentsply Sirona Inc., purchased the Israeli dental implant maker MIS Implants... Read More »

Medtronic Swoons over HeartWare

by | Jun 29, 2016 8:00 am | Medical Devices

Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) kept up its busy acquisition pace, notching its fifth deal in 2016. The target is HeartWare International (NASDAQ: HTWR), developer and maker of miniaturized implantable heart pumps or ventricular assist devices (VAD) for the treatment of advanced heart failure. Its lead product is the HVAD® System, featuring the world’s smallest full-support ventricular assist device. Medtronic will pay $58.00 per share in cash for all outstanding common stock in HeartWare, for a transaction value of $1.1 billion. This acquisition will expand Medtronic’s portfolio of diagnostic tools, therapies and services for patients suffering from heart failure. The transaction is... Read More »

Recent Health Care Deals, week ending 06.24.2016

by | Jun 27, 2016 8:00 am | Healthcare Market Updates

AcquirerTargetPrice Impax Laboratories Inc.15 generic drugs from Teva$586 million Kindred HealthcareHome health & hospice offices in Arkansas$39 million Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. Roshtov Software Industries$21 million Retrophin Inc. Rights to ursodeoxycholic acid$500,000 Schweiger Dermatology GroupDr. Frank Demento's dermatology... Read More »

Digital Health Deals Strike New Heights

by | Jun 24, 2016 5:45 pm | eHealth, Private Equity

The digital health sector is on fire in the first half of 2016. Through June 24 we’ve recorded 82 transactions with a business-to-business eHealth company as the target. Sixteen of those were announced in June alone. (We don’t cover consumer-facing health apps or social media platforms.) In the first half of 2015, just 60 deals were announced in this sector. The final tally was 123 eHealth deals for all of 2015, a new record. It’s no stretch of the imagination to think this sector could set another record for 2016. The eHealth market of today includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management and data analytics, various mobile health start-ups from patient... Read More »

Teva Unloads 15 Generics on Impax

by | Jun 23, 2016 3:54 pm | Pharmaceuticals

To fulfill a condition of its $40.1 billion acquisition of Allergan’s (NYSE: AGN) U.S. generics business, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) agreed to sell a broad portfolio of generic products across solid oral, inhalable, injectable and topical dosage forms to Impax Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL). The $586 million price includes the return to Impax of its rights to its pending Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for the generic equivalent to Concerta®. Impax is using existing cash and $400 million in new fully committed term loans, provided by RBC Capital Markets. Upon closing, Impax expects to add a portfolio of 15 currently marketed generic products; one... Read More »

The FTC’s Recent Losses in Hospital M&A

by | Jun 22, 2016 7:35 pm | Hospitals, Physician Medical Groups

The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust unit has been very active in the health care sector in recent years, thanks in part to the steady beat of hospital mergers and acquisitions taking place. In 2015, 102 hospital transactions were announced, up slightly from 99 the year before. Halfway through 2016, we’ve recorded 48 hospital deals, which is keeping pace with the two previous years. The FTC challenged a few of those deals, including the NorthShore University Hospital/Advocate Health Care merger in Chicago and the Penn State Hershey Medical Center/PinnacleHealth System in Pennsylvania. The agency has notched up some significant wins in years past, most recently the December... Read More »

Kindred Expands in Arkansas

by | Jun 21, 2016 5:52 pm | Home Health & Hospice, Long-Term Care

Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) is at it again. The Louisville, Kentucky-based long-term care company announced its acquisition of a broad portfolio of home health, hospice and personal care services under the aegis of the Arkansas Department of Health. Kindred won a state bidding process with a bid of $39 million. The targets include 74 home health locations serving 69 counties in the state, seven offices providing hospice services in 42 counties, and its personal care services business that assists patients with daily living activities. The transaction will expand Kindred’s services from six offices providing home health and hospice in four counties to offices providing home health,... Read More »

AmSurg Finds a Partner for $6.7 Billion

by | Jun 20, 2016 2:03 pm | Physician Medical Groups

Last fall, AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG) made an unsolicited bid for TeamHealth Holdings (NYSE: TMH), to the tune of $7.8 billion. At the time, TeamHealth was working its way through its own merger with IPC Healthcare, for $1.6 billion. It snubbed AmSurg’s offer as too low, and went on to complete its IPC acquisition on November 23, 2015. Analysts who follow the Physician Medical Group sector generally praised AmSurg’s offer from a strategic perspective, as it would create one of the largest national providers of outsourced physician services to health systems. Alas, AmSurg withdrew its offer on November 2. For the record, AmSurg provides ambulatory and physician services in the... Read More »

MEDNAX’ MedData Adds RCM Company

by | Jun 16, 2016 8:25 am | eHealth, Physician Medical Groups, Private Equity

MedData, Inc. made its second acquisition this year. The MEDNAX (NYSE: MD) subsidiary agreed to pay $400 million for revenue cycle management (RCM) company Cardon Outreach LLC, a portfolio company of Serent Capital.  Cardon Outreach provides specialized eligibility assistance, accounts receivable recovery services, third-party liability and other services. Cardon Outreach works with more than 800 hospitals and other healthcare facilities in 46 states. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to GAAP earnings. MEDNAX anticipates the acquisition will add an initial $0.06 in annualized diluted earnings per share and $0.14 in annualized adjusted earnings per share. Cain Brothers is... Read More »