eHealth Activity Climbs in Q3

by | Sep 30, 2019 12:56 pm | eHealth, Private Equity | 0 comments

The eHealth sector came out swinging this quarter, reporting 51 deals, according to our Deal Search Online database. That’s a modest 9% uptick over Q2:19 deals, but a 38% increase over the same quarter in 2018. Year-to-date totals tell a similar story. In 2018, the first three quarters reported 146 deals, while 2019 clocks in with 151 deals so far. Announced prices have followed suit as well. By the end of the third quarter in 2018, there were roughly $12.8 billion in disclosed prices, but in 2019 we’ve seen approximately $17.9 billion in the sector. Four deals disclosed prices north of a billion dollars in the first three quarters of 2018, including Verscend Technologies,... Read More »

Digital Health Sector M&A Activity Stays Strong in June

by | Jul 8, 2019 1:26 pm | eHealth | 0 comments

June was a busy month for the digital health sector. Our totals so far are 16 deals, but that number may increase as we find some deals disclosed in quarterly reports.  It doesn’t quite reach the count from June 2018 (25 deals), but 2018 was so robust in deal volume it’s a hard comparison to make. In 2017, for instance, there were only 13 deals reported. Dollar volume, on the other hand, is difficult to compare, mainly because of the headline-worthy transaction below. Dassault Systèmes (Paris: DSY) acquired Medidata Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDSO) for $5.8 billion, the second largest digital health transaction in our database. This acquisition increases Dassault’s services for... Read More »