Healthcare Deal Volume Got a Jump Start in January

Healthcare Deal Volume Got a Jump Start in January

by | Feb 7, 2019 3:17 pm | Healthcare Market Updates

January was a fairly busy month for healthcare M&A. Preliminary data shows 133 deals reported, nearly equal to December’s 136. The momentum coming out of the fourth quarter spilled into the new year and even without a big boost in deal announcements from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, consolidation in the industry seems to be going full steam ahead. And yet. Compared with the 151 deals announced a year ago, M&A is off by 12%. Granted, we don’t see that many deals on a monthly basis, which makes for a hard comp here. But as we swing into February, deal flow has slowed noticably. It could be temporary, as investors take stock of the economic and political landscape and... Read More »