Recognizing the increasing need for memory care and support, senior care providers are focused on building or expanding their facilities and/or converting existing units to provide specialized care. There are good ways and better ways to go about it—and, of course,...
Life sciences company Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) recently acquired Dako Denmark A/S, a leader in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, from the private equity fund EQT. Dako’s products are supplied to anatomic pathology labs and generate annual revenue of $326.6...
Biotechnology Premiums For The Past Five Years With this second installment, we continue our series on premiums paid in the acquisition of publicly traded health care companies over the period 2007-2011. We follow the methodology used in our analysis of premiums paid...
In the only Hospital deal to come with a price in May, MultiCare Health System, a four-hospital integrated delivery system based in Tacoma, Washington, is acquiring Auburn Regional Medical Center, a 213-bed hospital in Auburn, Washington. The seller is Universal...
In May’s largest Pharmaceutical transaction, Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) is buying Fougera Pharmaceuticals, a company based in Melville, New York that manufactures generic skin care medicine, such as drugs for acne, eczema and rosacea. In 2011, Fougera generated revenue...