Category: Acquisitions

AMA report: U.S. has “highly concentrated” payer markets that stifle competition

October 3, 2021 Auto Bot 0

About 73% of health insurance markets are highly concentrated, and in 46% of markets, one insurer had a share of 50% or more, a new […]

Navigating the life science and healthcare funding landscape [Sponsored]

September 29, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Which capital funding options fit your healthcare or life science business?

Study: Rural hospitals that merged or were bought saw death rates drop

September 26, 2021 Auto Bot 0

The mortality rates at rural hospitals for certain conditions, including heart attacks and stroke, decreased in the years following a merger or an acquisition compared […]

Report: Telehealth funding hits record high of $5B

August 1, 2021 Auto Bot 0

In the second quarter of 2021, the top five deals alone were worth $1.6 billion, representing 30% of the total funding raised. In addition, six […]

Eli Lilly gets glucose-sensing “smart insulin” via buyout of preclinical Protomer

July 14, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Eli Lilly has Protomer Technologies, a preclinical startup developing next-generation insulin that senses blood glucose levels and adjusts its activity accordingly. The technology could eliminate […]

Biden’s latest executive order aims to boost healthcare competition

July 9, 2021 Auto Bot 0

President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order to tackle anti-competitive behavior across American industries. With regard to healthcare, Biden is directing federal agencies […]

Report: Healthcare M&A skewing toward regional partnerships

July 8, 2021 Auto Bot 0

The total number of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare fell below historic figures for the second quarter of the year, but total transacted revenue remained […]

Report: Hospitals, insurers, PE firms own nearly half of physician practices

June 29, 2021 Auto Bot 0

The Covid-19 pandemic spurred the rate of physician practice acquisition by hospitals and corporate entities, like payers and private equity firms, a new report shows. […]

Healthcare fintech M&A expected to boost patient experience, provider operations

May 27, 2021 Auto Bot 0

M&A activity in the healthcare finance technology is heating up, evidenced by large transactions such as Cedar buying OODA Health and R1 RCM buying VisitPay. […]

Report: Fewer health system M&A deals in Q1 2021 offset by larger transactions

April 12, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Though the number of merger and acquisition deals in the first quarter of 2021 fell below historical averages, the size of the deals was far […]

J.P. Morgan’s life sciences outlook for 2021 [Sponsored]

April 1, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Peter Meath, J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking’s Co-Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, applies lessons from 2020’s remarkable second half and shares insights on what to […]

Merck sets up Organon spinout with a women’s health medical device acquisition

March 30, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Merck agreed to pay $215 million up front to acquire Alydia Health, a startup that has commercialized a medical device that controls bleeding during childbirth. […]

Grifols reaches across the Atlantic and shells out $450M in a pair of M&A deals

March 14, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Grifols’s acquisition of GigaGen comes as the startup’s Covid-19 antibody drug is set to start Phase 1 testing. Barcelona-based Grifols says GigaGen’s technology could also […]

Takeda to buy out Maverick in $525M bet on bringing T cells to solid tumors

March 9, 2021 Auto Bot 0

Takeda Pharmaceutical and Maverick Therapeutics have been R&D partners since 2017. In buying out its partner, Takeda acquires technology and drug candidates that could offer […]