Bidding war breaks out for respiratory specialist Vectura
A flurry of new offers by Philip Morris International (PMI) and private equity firm Carlyle has hiked the value of respiratory medicines company Vectura to […]
A flurry of new offers by Philip Morris International (PMI) and private equity firm Carlyle has hiked the value of respiratory medicines company Vectura to […]
Honor Technology, Inc. has acquired Home Instead, Inc., creating a $2 billion home care services company, the two announced Friday. The deal brings together the […]
Shots: Medtronic to acquire all outstanding shares of Intersect ENT for $28.25/ share in cash, making a total deal value of ~$1.1B. The transaction is […]
Shots: Vividion to receive $1.5B up front & $500M milestone while Bayer to get full rights to Vividion’s discovery platform which consists of chemoproteomic screening […]
Excluding 2018 — when it merged with Almost Family — LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) has had its best year in terms of acquired revenue […]
Relatient, a company that makes patient engagement software, recently raised more than $100 million in growth equity capital. It plans to put a portion of […]
Bayer headlined its second-quarter results this morning by unveiling a deal to buy Vividion Therapeutics, saying it will boost its ability to develop medicines against […]
ModivCare expands into remote patient monitoring ModivCare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV), a diversified health care services company with a large personal care business, has signed an […]
Home-based care leaders are encouraged by the Choose Home Care Act of 2021’s introduction into the U.S. Senate — and what it could mean for […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) has remained laser focused on one goal for some time now: building out all three of its home-based service lines […]
Sanofi has been forging ever-closer ties with its mRNA partner Translate Bio since the two started working together in 2018, and has now gone all […]
Shots: Sanofi to acquire all outstanding shares of Translate Bio for $38.00/share in cash making a total equity value of ~$3.2B with a premium of […]
Shots: The acquisition will utilize Tepha’s resorbable polymer technology to boost the growth of BD’s surgical mesh portfolio for the repair and regeneration of soft […]
Despite still reeling from COVID-19-related headwinds, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) experienced better-than-expected results in its home and provider businesses during the second quarter of 2021. […]
Shots: Amgen to acquire all outstanding shares of Teneobio for $900M as up front and $1.6B in cash as contingent milestones to Teneobio equity holders. […]
ModivCare Inc. (NYSE: MODV), the non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company that’s quickly becoming a major player in the home-based care space as well, announced Monday […]
Drug delivery specialist Aptar Group has agreed a deal to take a near two-thirds share in Voluntis, a French developer of digital therapeutics (DTx), with […]
Last September, ModivCare Inc. (NYSE: MODV) acquired the large personal care services provider Simplura Health Group for $575 million. Less than nine months later, ModivCare […]
Choice Health at Home has acquired Alpha Home Health and Hospice, further increasing the company’s Oklahoma footprint. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
Help at Home — a private equity-backed provider of home- and community-based care — has acquired Community Care Systems (CCS). Financial terms of the transaction […]
Shots: Lexeo acquires exclusive rights to three preclinical AAV-mediated gene therapy programs for the treatment of rare cardiac disorders, focused on TNNI3-associated HCM & ARVC […]
Two of the largest concierge-level caregiving, private nursing and care management firms in Houston, Texas, have merged. On Tuesday, Family Tree In-Home Care and Evergreen […]
Rod Windley and Tony Strange have been in business with each other for decades. They continue to be partners today as the chairman and CEO, […]
The day before it officially closed on its deal to acquire 80% of Brookdale Health Care Services (NYSE: BKD), HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) finished a […]
BioNTech has found a use for some of the windfall cash it has raked in from its COVID-19 vaccine, agreeing a deal to buy Kite […]
With its latest purchase of San Antonio, Texas-based Signal Home Health & Hospice, Jet Health continues its strategy of co-locating hospice operations with its home […]
Health insurer Regence BlueShield has partnered with DispatchHealth to give its members access to hospital-at-home and mobile high-acuity services. “Hospitalizations in the home is a […]
At Home Health Care News, it seems like we’ve been writing about “the rapidly consolidating home health market” for years. Just check out this story […]
Shots: Eli Lilly to acquire Protomer Technologies for ~$1B, with the achievement of future development and commercial milestones Earlier, Lilly led an equity investment in […]
Mission Healthcare announced Wednesday that it has acquired Healthy Living Network, a multi-state home health provider founded over a decade ago. The deal is the […]
Eli Lilly bought a stake in Protomer Technologies and its glucose-sensing insulin platform last year, and it must like what it has seen in the […]
The UK’s competition regulator has approved AstraZeneca’s $39 billion acquisition of US-based drugmaker Alexion, without opting for a broader inquiry into the deal. The nod […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Armada Skilled Home Health and Hospice, further building out its already sizable footprint […]
Diabetes giant Novo Nordisk has opened a new front in its rare disease R&D, thanks to an acquisition agreement with Prothena focusing on drugs for […]
The past year has been a busy one for VillageMD. In 2020, Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) entered into a partnership with the startup and […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has completed its purchase of Visiting Nurse Association’s (VNA) assets. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys has a number of in-home care capabilities, […]
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) has doubled down on its move into the pharmaceutical sector, following up its recent acquisition of Fertin Pharma with […]
The European Commission has given competition clearance to the $39 billion acquisition of Alexion by AstraZeneca, leaving the UK as the last remaining obstacle to […]
HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE:HCA) has completed its purchase of a majority stake in the home health and hospice business of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: […]
Aging-in-place company Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) on Wednesday announced plans to acquire hospital-at-home pioneer Contessa Health for $250 million. From a nuts-and-bolts perspective, the deal […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has an agreement in place to acquire Contessa Health, one of the biggest players in the hospital-at-home market, for $250 million. […]
Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) may be nearing a spinoff — not a sale — of its home health and hospice segment. That avenue looks […]
Arosa — the in-home care company backed by Bain Capital Double Impact and formerly known as Arosa+LivHome — is ramping up its M&A activity in […]
The private equity firm Coltala Holdings has acquired a stake in Choice Health at Home, a growing home-based care provider based in Texas. Financial details […]
AccentCare announced Monday that it has purchased Southeastern Health Care at Home from private equity firm Geneva Glen Capital. Southeastern Health Care at Home is […]
Pennant adds end-of-life care provider The Pennant Group Inc. (PNTG) has acquired the assets of First Call Hospice, an end-of-life care provider that operates in […]
Help at Home — a provider of home- and community-based services (HCBS) — is considering going public. The Chicago-based company has even selected banks to […]
Datavant and Ciox Health have agreed a merger that will create what they claim will be the largest health data company operating in the US […]
A group of private equity firms have reached an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Medline Industries Inc., a major player in the medical-supply […]
Bayada’s new home health JV Bayada Home Health Care and VCU Health System have formed a new home health and hospice joint venture in Richmond, […]
Bayer has agreed to buy Noria Therapeutics and its subsidiary PSMA Therapeutics, adding to its pipeline of radionuclide drugs for cancer as sales of its […]
Shots: MorphoSys to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Constellation’s common stock for $34.00/ share in cash making a total equity value of $1.7B. […]
The COVID-19 public health emergency has solidified the home as a viable and effective care setting. That, in turn, has led to meaningful opportunities for […]
In-home care powerhouse LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) has reached an agreement to acquire Heart of Hospice, an end-of-life care provider with locations in five […]
Shares in German biotech MorphoSys have gone on the slide after it announced a $1.7 billion deal to buy its US rival Constellation Pharma and […]
Funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners have reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Care Advantage, one of the largest in-home care companies […]
Ashfield Engage has completed the acquisition of Nuvera, a US-based healthcare consulting firm specialising in patient support programmes. Ashfield Engage and Nuvera will offer integrated […]
Fresh off of its market debut last month, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) is throwing its weight behind home health. Since going public, the […]
Vectura has agreed to a £1.55 per share takeover by US private investment company Carlyle, which values the UK drug delivery specialist at £958 million […]
DispatchHealth partners with two new health systems The in-home medical care provider DispatchHealth on Tuesday announced partnerships with Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) and Waterbury […]
The antitrust authority in the UK has launched an investigation into the proposed $39 billion takeover of US firm Alexion by AstraZeneca. The Competition and […]
Zing Health Enterprises, a Chicago-based Medicare Advantage provider, has announced plans to expand to over 30 additional states through its pending acquisition of Lasso Healthcare. […]
The M&A market is heating up again now that uncertainty tied to the COVID-19 crisis is waning. Another factor that could increase transactions and shift […]
GlaxoSmithKline has sold its entire stake in its respiratory partner Innoviva, raising $392 million and simplifying its business ahead of a split into two. GSK […]
Medalogix was already one of the market leaders in home health predictive analytics. It has now gotten what appears to be another boost. That boost […]
The post-acute care space has been undergoing a wave of consolidation for the past few years. And as more providers come together, the businesses that […]
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have risen to immense popularity in the past 12 months. Many are becoming more intrigued by senior-focused investments as well. […]
HouseWorks — the large, independent home care organization that also runs a home-modification business — is adding another important senior care tool to its toolbox. […]
Shots: Charles River Laboratories to acquire Vigene in all cash transaction for $292.5M. In addition to the initial purchase price, the transaction includes contingent additional […]
Shots: PerkinElmer to acquire IDS in all cash transactions for ~$155M. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q3’21 The acquisition will allow PerkinElmer […]
AMN scoops up Synzi Staffing powerhouse AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN) has completed its $42.5 million all-cash acquisition of full-service virtual care management company […]
In April, home care provider Family Tree In-Home Care acquired HomeCare of the Rockies. And while it seems like just another transaction, from the buyer’s […]
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) is actively evaluating ways to strategically reposition its home health and hospice segment, which also needs a new leader. The […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) expected to do plenty of dealmaking heading into 2020 and Year 1 of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Those plans, however, […]
Even though InnovAge (Nasdaq: INNV) is already one of the largest Program of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE) providers in the U.S., the company has […]
Lifesprk — the whole-person senior services company based in Minnesota — has added a new page to its innovative playbook. On top of being a […]
Shots: Soliton to receive $22.60 /share in cash for its all outstanding share making the total deal value $550M The acquisition adds Soliton’s Rapid Acoustic […]
Ever since ModivCare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) entered the personal care space with a major acquisition last year, it has been working to solidify its place […]
Walmart is to acquire telehealth provider MeMD, the companies announced as the retail giant continues with its move into digital healthcare. In statement, Walmart said […]
Typically, when executives talk about their companies “having to weather the storm,” they’re speaking figuratively. That wasn’t the case for Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) […]
Shots: Roivant signs a SPAC merger with MAAC for ~7.3B including $411M in cash in the MAAC trust account and $200M in PIPE stock at […]
LHC Group announces JV expansion LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) as well as partners Texas Health Resources and Methodist Health System are expanding their joint […]
AstraZeneca’s not-for-profit coronavirus vaccine has bit into margins in Q1, although revenues were ahead of expectations as the company heads towards completion of its $39bn […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) hasn’t been shy about the company’s plans to gain an even larger share of business from other post-acute care operators. With […]
Shots: Novartis to receive $355M following the closure of acquisition, which is expected to occur in Q2’21. The acquisition expands existing Alcon’s ophthalmic portfolio and […]
Shots: The acquisition expands the anti-infectives pipeline with the addition of Amplyx’s P-II candidate, Fosmanogepix (APX001) which is being evaluated in both IV and oral […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) believes it can deliver home health services better than traditional providers do today. More than any other reason, that’s fundamentally why […]
When Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) teamed up with private equity giants TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) to acquire Kindred Healthcare in […]
DispatchHealth has officially transitioned from “up-and-coming startup” to “active acquirer.” The company announced Tuesday that it has made its first-ever purchase by landing Professional Portable […]
Valeo Home Health lands Hearts for Hospice & Home Health Valeo Home Health & Hospice has acquired Hearts for Hospice & Home Health from Abode […]
Ahead of this week’s upcoming earnings call, Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) has locked in an agreement to acquire the home-based care assets of Frontier […]
HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) is the largest health system in the U.S. That scale alone has made its entrance into the home health space worth […]
Indigo Medical, a provider of material review, medical signatory approval services and medical communication for global pharmaceutical and biopharma companies, is joining imc group with […]
Shots: The acquisition expands SparingVision’s ocular genomic medicine pipeline with the addition of GAMUT’s lead product SPVN20, which is a novel, mutation-agnostic gene therapy, focuses […]
Shots: ThermoFisher to acquire PPD for $47.50/share making a total purchase price of $17.4B along with ~$3.5B of net debt with a premium of ~24% […]
Microsoft has made its aspirations in digital health clear with a whopping $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications and its artificial intelligence platform for […]
The home health dealmaking train keeps on rolling, with the latest transactions coming from Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Charter Health Care Group, a private […]
Shots: Avantor to acquire Ritter and its affiliates in an all-cash transaction with an up front equity purchase price of ~ $1.06B along with additional […]
Shots: DiaSorin to acquire Luminex for $37.00/ share in an all-cash transaction, with 23% premium based on closing stock price of Luminex on 24 Feb, […]
Shots: Microsoft to acquire all outstanding shares of Nuance for $56.00/ share, making a total deal value of $19.7B in cash with a premium of […]
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 […]
The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in […]
UK comms agency Fishawack Health has acquired the health economics outcomes research (HEOR) consultancy PRMA Consulting. PRMA has offices across Europe, Asia and the US […]
Shots: Sanofi to acquire Tidal Therapeutics for $160M up front and ~ $310M following the achievement of certain milestones The acquisition will add Tidal’s innovative […]
Shots: Hologic to acquire Mobidiag for ~$795M which includes ~$714M in cash for Mobidiag’s equity and debt of $81M. The acquisition is expected to close […]
What You Should Know: Last week saw Dedalus complete the purchase of DXC’s healthcare provider business for $450M, a deal that was originally announced in […]
Home care M&A experts knew that the dealmaking dominoes would start to tumble in 2021, pushed over by the recent agreement between Senior Helper and […]
The recent upswing in home care dealmaking activity driven by private equity continues. It appears PE buyers are starting to get more collaborative, too. On […]
Last week, the investment arm of Advocate Aurora Health acquired Senior Helpers, the giant home care franchise organization that domestically operates across 44 states. Advocate […]
Shots: ACEA to receive up to ~$38M in shares of Sorrento common stock, $450M as additional payments upon the achievement of clinical & sales milestones […]
In late February, HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: […]
Mission Healthcare has acquired Loma Linda University Medical Center Home Health in Southern California. Loma Linda University Medical Center Home Health is a part of […]
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. — a large and rapidly growing in-home care company that historically has specialized in caring for complex pediatric patients — is […]
After announcing that it has aspirational growth plans for 2021, The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) delivered on Thursday, as it announced the acquisition of […]
One of the largest home care organizations in the country has been acquired by one of the nation’s biggest health systems. Advocate Aurora Enterprises — […]
Pharma marketing specialist Precision Value & Health has acquired the specialist communications consultancy Across Health. Across Health is a leading global omnichannel engagement consultancy focused […]
Shots: Immunai acquires the Dropprint Genomics and also expand its team with the hiring of new experts in immunology, single-cell technologies and machine learning The […]
Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) is bolstering its home-based care capabilities. The Indianapolis-based health insurer announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to buy […]
Care collaboration software platform PatientPing has reportedly been acquired. Boston-based PatientPing provides a wide range of services, including real-time notifications when patients receive care, COVID-19-monitoring […]
Shots: Cardinal Health signed an agreement to divest its Cordis medical device business to H&F for ~ $1B including liabilities and working capital accounts. The […]
Roche has said it will pay $1.8 billion for molecular testing company GenMark, boosting the Swiss company’s diagnostic capabilities and adding rapid COVID tests to […]
Shots: Roche to acquire all outstanding shares of GenMark’s for $24.05/ share in cash, making a total deal value of $1.8B with a premium of […]
Mission Healthcare — one of the largest regional home health, hospice and palliative care providers in Southern California — is on the move. Earlier this […]
Shots: Grifols acquires the remaining 56% share of GigaGen for $80M. The acquisition will add GigaGen’s pipeline of recombinant polyclonal Abs, including GIGA-2050 and boost […]
Takeda is taking its option to buy the privately held biotech Maverick Therapeutics and its T-Cell engager cancer therapies for $525 million, as research into […]
Shots: Takeda exercised its option to acquire Maverick for up to $525M up front as well as development and regulatory milestones including Takeda’s current equity […]
One of the faster-growing home care organizations in the United States is now trying to grow even faster. PE Hub reported Monday that CareFinders Total […]
Shots: Resolution to receive $550M in cash at closing and ~$145M following the achievement of certain milestones. The transaction is expected to close in Apr’2021 […]
Shots: Amgen to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Five Prime for $38.00 /share in cash, representing an equity value of ~ $1.9B. The […]
The historic wave of consolidation that home health M&A experts predicted ahead of the Patient-Driven Grouping Model (PDGM) hasn’t fully panned out, largely due to […]
Shots: Boston Scientific to acquire the global surgical business of Lumenis for $1.07B as an up front in cash. The transaction is expected to be […]
Hillrom axed plans to acquire cardiac monitoring company Bardy Diagnostics over reimbursement changes by a Medicare contractor. Bardy filed suit against Hillrom on Sunday.
Shots: Ipsen to receive 400,000 shares at closing and an additional 200,000 shares as milestones, $81.63M as development and regulatory milestones & $423.24M as commercial […]
Numan has added to its digital health stable with the acquisition of Sweden’s Vi Health and its suite of tools including an artificial intelligence-powered symptom […]
Shots: Mitokinin to receive an up front and will continue to develop its PINK1 activator program through completion of IND enabling studies for its lead […]
LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and Orlando Health announced Tuesday they are expanding their joint venture into St. Petersburg, Florida, by realigning Bayfront Home Health […]
Shots: Hologic to acquire Diagenode for ~$159M. The transaction will expand and diversifies Hologic’s diagnostic business across test menu, customer segments and geography The acquisition […]
Shots: Roivant to acquire Silicon for $450M in Roivant’s equity with additional potential regulatory and commercial milestones. The acquisition will strengthen Roivant’s AI capabilities for […]
Over the last few months, Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) has had to deal with a challenging legislative environment and significant COVID-19 surges that have […]
Shots: Merck to acquire all outstanding share of Pandion for $60/share in cash, representing the equity value of ~$1.85B. The transaction is expected to close […]
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) revealed Wednesday that it’s selling an 80% stake in its health care services business to HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) […]
The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) is sitting on a newly increased revolving line of credit, giving it plenty of M&A firepower to work with […]
Merck & Co/MSD has agreed to buy Pandion for $1.85 billion, bolting on a pipeline of drugs for autoimmune and other immunological disorders headed by […]
BrightSpring Health Services has reportedly brokered a deal to acquire home health provider Abode Healthcare, according to PE Hub. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, BrightSpring provides […]
BrightSpring Health Services has reportedly brokered a deal to acquire Abode Hospice and Home Health, according to PE Hub. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, BrightSpring provides […]
Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has reportedly reached a deal to acquire in-home medical group Landmark Health. Rumors of such a deal […]
Psychedelic medicine biotech MindMed is to acquire digital medicine and therapeutics startup HealthMode for around $32.2 million, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to speed […]
The hot start to the 2021 dealmaking season continues. Pharos Capital announced on Tuesday that its post-acute care provider platform, Charter Health Care Group, has […]
What You Should Know: – Digital health company Sharecare and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp, today announced an agreement to merge […]
Shots: GSK to receive $350M at closing, along with ~$150M as milestones. The transaction is expected to close in H2’21 The transaction will allow GSK […]
What You Should Know: – Shares of Signify Health, a value-based care billing platform for in-home and bundled health services jumped more than 33% in […]
Two in-home care providers — ConcertoHealth and Perfect Health — announced Wednesday that their organizations have merged. Together, the companies will operate under the name […]
Shots: Bain Capital and Cinven to acquire Lonza’s specialty ingredients business and operations for an enterprise value of $4.7B. The transaction is expected to close […]
DNA testing company 23andMe has signed a deal to merge with a ‘blank cheque’ company set up by Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson as a […]
Shots: 23andMe signs a SPAC merger with VGAC for an enterprise value of ~$3.5B, including $509M in cash in trust account and $250M PIPE of […]
Jazz Pharma has agreed a $7.2 billion deal to by GW Pharmaceuticals and its pioneering cannabis-derived medicines, headed by childhood epilepsy drug Epidiolex. Nasdaq-listed GW […]
Shots: Jazz to acquire GW Pharmaceuticals for $220/ GW ADS, out of which $200 in cash and $20 in Jazz ordinary shares, making a total […]
What You Should Know: – The Carlyle Group and Brighton Park Capital invests $200M in Bangalore, India-based Indegene to accelerate company’s global expansion and consolidate […]
Shots: Horizon to acquire Viela Bio for $53/ share, representing an equity value of $3.05B with a 53% premium over a closing price to Viela’s […]
Grant Avenue Capital recently acquired Salt Lake City-based Valeo Home Health & Hospice from Eduro Healthcare, an operator of skilled nursing facilities. The financial terms […]
Shots: Cardiff University will receive milestone payments that advance from the discovery collaboration into clinical development and royalty payments on sales of any products that […]
Shots: Boston Scientific to acquire Preventice for ~$1.2B including $925M as up front, up to an additional $300M as commercial milestones. However, Boston Scientific has […]
Last fall, the home health M&A winds started to shift, with some industry insiders even predicting a record number of transactions to soon follow. New […]
Shots: Cardiva to receive $475M up front and up to an additional ~$35M in contingent consideration based on sales growth. The transaction is expected to […]
Shots: Thermo Fisher acquires Mesa Biotech for $450M in cash. Mesa Biotech will receive an additional ~$100M in cash on the completion of milestones while […]
Benefits navigation startup Accolade acquired second opinion startup 2nd.MD for $460 million. With little overlap between the two companies, the deal is expected to increase […]
Pennant kicks off 2021 M&A activity The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has kicked off its 2021 M&A push. The Eagle, Idaho-based post-acute care provider […]
What You Should Know: – Private equity firm Advent International announced that it has completed a recapitalization of RxBenefits, the employee benefits industry’s first and […]
Shots: Philips to acquire Capsule technologies for $635M in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed in H1’21 with the addition of ~300 employees […]
Traditions adds to post-acute care platform Traditions Health is adding to its growing post-acute care business. The College Station, Texas-based home health and hospice provider […]
W20 has begun 2021 by buying data technology firms Swoop and IPM.ai, adding to its rapidly growing list of acquisitions. Representing the ninth acquisition for […]
Israeli company Itamar Medical has agreed to acquire Spry Health, aiming to use the US company’s wearable technology to develop a watch-like remote monitor for […]
European telehealth firm HealthHero has bought MyClinic.ie, a rival based in the Republic of Ireland. Already a major telehealth player in Europe, HealthHero’s services cover […]
The majority of health care financial leaders view home care as a key area of investment. That’s according to a recent survey from BDO, a […]
Sanofi is to acquire UK biotech Kymab in a deal worth up to $1.45 billion as the big French pharma seeks to add to its […]
Shots: Sanofi to acquire Kymab for $1.1B up front and ~$350M following the achievement of certain milestones. The transaction is expected to be completed in […]
With the ink barely dry on its last merger agreement, clinical trial and imaging specialist Bioclinica is on an expansive drive once again, buying digital […]
Shots: PerkinElmer to acquire Oxford Immunotec for $22/ share with a premium of ~28.3% to the closing price/ share of $17.15 on Jan 5, 2021, […]
There’s a new player in the neurology and mental health drugs market after Italy’s Angelini Pharma merged with Switzerland’s Arvelle Therapeutics in a deal worth […]
Healthcare technology companies raised a record of $15.3 billion in 2020, according to a report from Silicon Valley Bank. For the first time, digital health […]
Shots: Hologic acquires Biotheranostics to speed up its entry in the oncology market. The transaction is expected to be completed in Feb’2021 The acquisition will […]
Shots: The acquisition will integrate AmpTec’s PCR-based mRNA technology with Merck’s expertise in lipids manufacturing, providing combine offering across mRNA value chain The deal will […]
Shots: Stryker acquires OrthoSensor and its Verasense intraoperative sensor tech, enhancing the ortho giant’s Mako robots The acquisition allows Stryker to empower surgeons with comprehensive […]
LHC Group finalizes hospice, palliative care purchases LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) has finalized acquisition agreements in Arizona and Oklahoma. By doing so, the Lafayette, […]
Shots: Hologic acquired Somatex Medical Technologies for ~$64M. The acquisition of Somatex’s differentiated products will enable Hologic to strengthen & expand its breast marker portfolio […]
WellSky announced Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of care coordination software company CarePort Health. Under terms of the deal — first announced in […]
French pharmaceutical company Servier has swooped on Agios Pharma’s marketed and experimental cancer drugs, buying the entire franchise in a deal that leaves the US […]
AccentCare and Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care have cleared all regulatory hurdles and officially merged, the post-acute care providers announced Tuesday. The Dallas, Texas-based AccentCare […]
Shots: Agios to receive ~$1.8B upfront in cash & ~$200M as regulatory milestones for Vorasidenib along with 5% royalties on sales of Tibsovo in the […]
The health care SPAC boom continues. On Friday, Deerfield Healthcare Technology Acquisitions Corp. (Nasdaq: DFHT) announced it is acquiring CareMax Medical Group and IMC Medical […]
2020’s M&A activity hasn’t quite reached the heights of last year’s, where two pharma mega-mergers – BMS’ buyout of Celegne and AbbVie’s acquisition of Allergan […]
Shots: Philips to acquire all outstanding shares of BioTelemetry and its wearable heart-tracking devices for $72/ share in cash with a 16.5 % premium to […]
Backed by investment bank Harpeth Capital, a home-based care veteran recently threw his weight behind a new home health venture. The new company is called […]
Shots: Novartis to acquire all outstanding shares of Cadent for a total value of ~$770M. Cadent to receive $210M up front and is eligible for […]
Novartis is to buy neuroscience drugs firm Cadent Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $770 million. The big Swiss pharma already has a presence […]
The degree to which venture capitalists were interested in at-home care may have been overplayed at one point. But that’s becoming less and less the […]
Eli Lilly has acquired Prevail, a biotech focusing on gene therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s, in a deal potentially worth more than $1 billion. […]
Shots: Lilly to acquire Prevail for $22.50/ share in cash (~ $880M) payable at closing plus one non-tradable CVR worth up to $4.00/ share in […]
After falling short on Q3 projections and seeing revenue dip year over year, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is reportedly considering divesting its home health […]
Shots: Alexion to receive $60M in cash and 2.1243 ADSs (each ADS represents ½ ordinary share of AstraZeneca) for each Alexion share. The deal values […]
The Care Team acquires InTeliCare Private equity-backed The Care Team has acquired InTeliCare Home Health & Hospice. The financial terms of the deal were not […]
Alexion has routinely featured among lists of top biopharma takeover prospects in the last couple of years, and that was a good call – AstraZeneca […]
Alexion has routinely featured among lists of top biopharma takeover prospects in the last couple of years, and that was a good call – AstraZeneca […]
ERT, a clinical services firm with expertise in digital technology is to merge with clinical imaging firm Bioclinica. The companies said that the combination will […]
Shots: Gilead to acquire MYR for ~$1.4B in the all-cash transaction along with ~$364.73M as a milestone upon the US FDA’s approval of Hepcludex (bulevirtide) […]
Shots: Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire all shares of NBE-Therapeutics for ~$1.434B which include contingent clinical and regulatory milestones. The transaction is expected to be closed […]
Boehringer Ingelheim has expanded its oncology focus for the second time this week by buying Swiss biotech NBE-Therapeutics, adding an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform led […]
Shots: The acquisition will enable Boehringer Ingelheim to expand and accelerate its comprehensive program for the development of ATMP-based immuno-oncology therapies including the VSV with […]
There may soon be a major shakeup of the home health and hospice markets. Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) announced Tuesday it is “exploring strategic […]
Shots: Elsevier acquires Shadow Health to enhance its extensive portfolio and clinical practice offerings for HCPs during a time of continued growth in telehealth Elsevier […]
PointClickCare Technologies has reached an agreement to acquire Collective Medical. The deal is for nearly $650 million, according to Business Insider, which first reported the […]
Shots: Exactech has acquired intelligent patient wearables and digital communication solutions maker Muvr Labs to expand its Active Intelligence platform of smart technologies portfolio The […]
Shots: Richter signed an asset purchase agreement with Janssen for Evra transdermal contraceptive patch assets outside the US. The total deal value is $263.5M The […]
Johnson & Johnson’s pharma unit Janssen has bought rights to an investigational gene therapy for a severe form age-related macular degeneration from specialist biotech Hemera […]
Shots: Janssen acquires rights to Hemera’s HMR59, administered as a one-time, outpatient, IVT inj. to help preserve vision in patients with geographic atrophy The acquisition […]
Shots: Grünenthal to acquire EU rights (Ex- Spain and the UK) of Crestor & its associated brands for ~$350M and will take over bulk production […]
Shots: Boston Scientific signs an agreement with Stark International and SERB SAS to sell its BTG specialty pharma business for $800M in cash. The transaction […]
The home-based care provider landscape is rapidly changing, a point reflected in the industry-shaping mergers and multimillion-dollar deals that have taken place over the past […]
AstraZeneca is to sell European rights to its cholesterol drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) to Germany’s Grunenthal. Crestor is a statin and at its peak generated annual […]
Shots: Dr. Reddy to acquire Glenmark’s brands Momat Rino (for Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan), Momat Rino Advance (for Russia), Momat A (for Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan), […]
Shots: Selvita to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares in Fidelta for $37.08M + customary adjustments for net cash & working capital The acquisition will […]
A merger involving two US digital health specialists and a blank cheque company has created a telemedicine player, called UpHealth, that is valued at more […]
Shots: Merck to acquire all outstanding shares of Oncolmmune for $425 M in cash as an upfront. Additionally, Oncolmmune will receive sales-based and contingent payments […]
Merck & Co is to buy US biotech OncoImmune for at least $425m, adding a potential new therapy for COVID-19 to its pipeline. The pharma […]
What You Should Know: – Medsphere acquires Micro-Office Systems (MOS), developer of systems integration and communication tools. MOS will retain its name and will serve […]
Private equity-backed Eventus WholeHealth recently acquired Doctors Making Housecalls (DMHC), a home-based primary care provider. The deal further highlights the growing interest in home-based primary […]
Scientific communications company Envision Pharma has bought Two Labs, a firm specialising in commercial solutions for the pharma and biotech sector, for an undisclosed sum. […]
AccentCare Inc. and Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care are merging. Dallas-based AccentCare — owned by global private equity firm Advent International — is among the […]
Shots: The acquisition expands the BD’s medication management offerings into the care continuum space and provides deeper integration with EHRs The Medical Business of CUBEX’s […]
Shots: The acquisition will bolster UCB’s pipeline program, capabilities, and platforms in the gene therapy space. The Handl Therapeutics will continue to be based in […]
On last week’s Q3 earnings call, Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) effectively declared that its “short pause” on M&A activity was officially over. On Wednesday, […]
UCB has made a new foray into the gene therapy space, buying fellow Belgium-based company Handl to get control of its adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) announced Wednesday it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire an Ohio hospice provider for $192 million. Specifically, the deal […]
Home health providers across the board are slowly starting to bounce back from COVID-19-related disruption. One thing that now provides further hope is a potential […]
LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) announced Monday it has agreed to purchase Arizona-based East Valley Hospice and East Valley Palliative Care. The deal is expected […]
In the midst of the in-home care M&A resurgence, Charter Healthcare Group has made a few moves of its own. Its recent acquisitions of Heartwood […]
Novo Nordisk has agreed to buy Emisphere Technologies for $1.8 billion, as it continues its quest to develop diabetes medicines that can be taken as […]
Shots: Novo Nordisk to acquire all outstanding shares of Emisphere for $1.35B and also acquires royalty stream obligations to the firm’s biggest shareholder (MHR) for […]
Bayada Home Health Care — one of the largest nonprofit providers of in-home care and post-acute care services in the country — is expanding its […]
Rising demand for health care services delivered in the home and an increasingly favorable regulatory environment have set the stage for the nation’s top-tier home […]
Shots: Merck will acquire all the outstanding shares of VelosBio for $2.75B in cash. The transaction is expected to be closed by the end of […]
Shots: Coloplast has acquired implantable tibial nerve stimulation (ITNS) treatment developer Nine Continents Medical for $145M upfront and an additional contingent milestone. ITNS is developed […]
Sky-high equipment costs and staffing shortages tied to the COVID-19 virus have made it drastically more difficult to run a profitable home care business for […]
The feeling around the recently expanded Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) headquarters in Frisco, Texas, is different from just three months ago. Speaking on its […]
Help at Home — a Chicago-based home- and community-based services provider that operates across 13 states — has been acquired by a consortium of private […]
In an effort to bolster its at-home care offerings in the San Diego market, 24 Hour Home Care has acquired Grace Care Management, another home […]
Shots: Sanofi to acquire all outstanding shares of Kiadis for $6.34/ share, representing an equity value of $358.76M. The offer price represents a premium of […]
Mylan’s $12 billion takeover of Pfizer’s Upjohn unit has been cleared by the US authorities, but on the condition that the two companies divest various […]
Sanofi is to acquire Kiadis, a biotech specialising in therapies based around ‘off the shelf’ natural killer (NK) cells, for 308 million euros ($353 million). […]
Shots: Medtronic has expanded its portfolio of technologies focusing on improving the safety of head and neck surgeries with the acquisition of Ai Biomed and […]
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