Health Care Deal Volume Stays Strong in Q1:2018, as Deal Value Rises, According to HealthCareMandA.com
Health care merger and acquisition activity in the first quarter of 2018 kept pace with the previous quarter in 2017. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, deal volume increased 1%, to 386 transactions. However, deal volume was down 12% compared with the same quarter the year before. Combined spending in the first quarter reached
Health care services represented 61% of the first quarter's transaction total, lower than the 62% share reported in the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter (both 63%). The slight decrease is due to starkly lower M&A activity in four of the services sectors, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis (-53%), Managed Care (-40%), Other Services (-25%) and Behavioral Health Care (-15%), versus the previous quarter. Those losses were offset by a 50% increase in deal activity in the
On the technology side, transaction growth was strong in the Biotechnology (+20%) and eHealth (+53%) sectors, compared with the previous quarter. However, M&A activity in both sectors was lower than the year-ago quarter, down 6% in both sectors. The Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals sectors were markedly lower compared with the fourth quarter, down 25% and 24%, respectively.
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