Vessix Vascular, Inc.’s breakthrough device, an easy-to-use renal denervation system that treats uncontrolled hypertension, made it a natural acquisition target for Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX). Boston Scientific develops and manufactures minimally invasive...
Slowing Down: Just 31 Buyers Spent $82.6 Billion The U.S. economy is still sluggish, and that seems to be the case in the health care M&A market in 2012. The number of billion-dollar deals announced by early December was off by 9% compared with 2011, and the...
Will The Big Deals Become A Thing Of The Past? With all the talk of health care reform, or “ObamaCare,” moving forward as a result of both the Supreme Court decision last June and President Obama’s reelection last month, we thought it might be worthwhile to take a...
Brought to you by www.DealSearchOnline.com December 3, 2012 Issue: Recent Health Care M&A Deals October Follows Slow Third Quarter– Heaviest M&A Deal Volume In Months Greets The Election Spotlight on: Venture Capital Webcast Calendar Recent...
It’s time to put one in the win column for private equity and seniors housing, and a big win it was. Back in early 2010, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI and its partners, Emeritus Corporation (NYSE: ESC) and Columbia Pacific Advisors, agreed to buy a portfolio of...