First Half of 2016 Shows Strength in M&A
Ever since the rally in health care mergers and acquisitions began in 2014, we’ve been waiting for the inevitable slam-on-the-brakes quarter. That rally was sparked by the advent of newly insured families and individuals entering the healthcare market, beginning on January 1, 2014. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, health care M&A topped 1,000 transactions that year and has never looked back. Isn’t it about time for the party to end? Not according to our data for the first six months of 2016, compared with the same period in 2014 and 2015. (But if you read our monthly M&A roundup on page 18, you may have second thoughts.) In the first half of 2016, deal volume... Read More »Ambulance Companies Speed Up Consolidation
2015 was a big year for medical transportation companies to combine, as six transactions were throughout the year. Halfway through 2016, three more deals have been announced. The most recent involves two Texas companies. Allegiance Mobile Health in Georgetown, Texas serves a population of more than 15 million around the state. In July it acquired San Antonio-based Gemini Ambulance Service, which provides local medical transportation services. In June, Air Medical Group Holdings, a portfolio company of KKR & Co., paid an undisclosed amount for California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR), which operated as a not-for-profit organization at the time. CALSTAR served the entire state of... Read More »Bayer’s Diabetes Care Business Fetches $1.1 Billion
Last week Bayer AG (XETRA: BAYN) agreed to sell its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. for €1,022 million (¥138 billion), or $1.154 billion. The sale includes the leading Contour™ portfolio of blood glucose monitoring meters and strips, as well as other products such as Breeze™2, Elite™ and Microlet™ lancing devices. The portfolio accounted for €909 million (of $1.02 billion) in sales in 2014, according to Bayer. Panasonic Healthcare Holdings was formed in September 2013 when KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) invested $1.67 billion in cash to gain 80% control of the healthcare division of Japan’s Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic retained 20% of the division. With... Read More »NKKR Buys a Texas Air Ambulance Company
Air ambulance companies are not on most investors’ radar, yet at least one acquisition of this ancillary healthcare service pops up about once a year. This year’s deal came early, as KKR & Co. LP (NYSE: KKR) paid an undisclosed amount for Air Medical, an air ambulance company based in Lewisville, Texas. It was owned by affiliates of private equity firms Bain Capital and Brockway Moran & Partners. Last year’s air ambulance deal was announced in August, when privately held REACH Air Medical Services of Santa Rosa, California acquired Emergency Airlift Service in North Bend, Oregon. No prices were disclosed, of course. In fact, the last price we recorded for an air ambulance company... Read More »Schedule a demo
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