Epocrates Inc. (NASDAQ: EPOC), owner of the popular iPhone app voted “Most Important Mobile Health-Care App” last December by readers of ModernHealthcare.com, was acquired by athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) on January 7 for $293 million cash, equivalent to $11.25...
Twenty-One Deals Announced In March Worth $6.2 Billion Deal making in the Pharmaceutical sector dominated the health care merger and acquisition market for March 2010. This single sector produced 21 deals, or 30% of the month’s total deal volume. With $6.2 billion...
Two-Hundred-Eleven Deals Posted Worth $25.3 Billion Based on preliminary results, a total of 211 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the health care industry during the first quarter of 2010. This figure represents a 21% decrease from the 268 deals posted in...
When the end of a fiscal quarter coincides with the end of a calendar year, big things happen in the long-term care market. One of the biggest in December was the sale of six Juniper Communities LLC properties for $94 million in a sale-leaseback transaction with LTC...
Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Inc. is in bankruptcy proceedings, so it is selling its rights to hemophilia compound OBI-1 as well as related assets, to Baxter International, Inc. (NYSE: BAX). Paris-based Ipsen Pharma S.A.S. (Euronext: IPN; ADR; IPSEY) is selling...