A total of 218 mergers and acquisitions were announced in 13 sectors of the health care industry during the third quarter of 2004. This figure represents just a 5% drop from the 230 deals announced in the previous quarter, Q2:04, and a 7% drop from the 234 deals in...
A total of 67 transactions were announced in the health care M&A market during the past four weeks, just two deals shy of last month’s total of 69. The nine sectors of the health care services segment accounted for 37 deals, or 55%, of the total while the four...
After a drought in Hospital M&A activity during July, August recouped with a spurt of deals. In the past four weeks, eight transactions have been announced involving 47 acute-care facilities with a combined total of 8,205 beds. By comparison, during the first six...
Based on preliminary results, 230 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the 13 sectors of the health care industry during the second quarter of 2004. This activity represents an 11% gain over the 207 deals announced in the previous quarter, and is level with the...
While the stock market has generally trounced most sectors of the health care industry in recent months, the Hospital sector has seen something of a rebirth and begun to regain its financial legs. Some of its new-found financial strength has naturally been reflected...
What appears to be the year’s first major hostile takeover bid in the domestic health care arena arrived in late May. Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) has targeted rival NeighborCare (NASDAQ: NCRX), offering to buy the company for $1.5 billion. Omnicare is the largest provider of...