The Health Care M&A Monthly: Pricing Medical Device Companies
From one quarter to the next, the Medical Device sector has consistently produced the greatest number of deals of any single sector in the health care industry, seemingly invulnerable to the ups and downs of the economy. For the period from July 1, 2000 through June...The Health Care M&A Monthly: Guidant Buys Cook For $3 Billion To Prop Open Revenue Flow
Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), based in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently announced that it would pay a total of $3 billion to acquire The Cook Group, a privately held medical device manufacturer. What GDT seeks most in this deal is to obtain Cook’s technology and...The Health Care M&A Monthly: Pfizer Scoops Up Pharmacia Corp. In $60 Billion Deal
With the markets headed south, no one really expected the announcement of the largest deal of 2002. Yet that is precisely what took place on Monday, June 15, 2002, when Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that it would acquire Pharmacia Corp. (NYSE: PHA) for an...The HealthCare M&A Monthly: Is There Any Future for PPMs?
The answer to the question posed in the headline would seem obvious to many observers of the physician practice management (PPM) industry, so obvious that it can be summed up in a single word: No. After all, the number of companies has dropped so precipitously that...The Health Care M&A Monthly: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans: More Acquisitions to Come?
Last month’s issue featured Anthem’s (NYSE: ATH) pro- posed $3.8 billion acquisition of Trigon Healthcare (NYSE: TGH), the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in Virginia. News of this deal has rattled some cages in other states where Blues plans are contemplating...Schedule a demo
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