Or, The Law Of Unintended Consequences The announcement that Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) emerged as the winner in an auction to buy Psychiatric Solutions (NASDAQ: PSYS) caught many of us off guard, for a couple of reasons. First, what little M&A...
Pays $1.6 Billion For WuXi PharmaTech True to its name, Charles River Laboratories International (NYSE: CRL) is expanding its overseas operations with the $1.6 billion acquisition of WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX). This move enlarges CRL’s presence in China, giving it the...
Consolidation Resumes After Health Care Reform Passes Passage of the Health Care Reform Act in March has released a wave of pent up activity in the health care merger and acquisition market. Now that the bill has become law, health care companies may begin to assess...
GTCR, LLC is selling APS Healthcare to Universal American Corp. (NYSE: UAM) for approximately $277.5 million. Based in White Plains, New York, APS is a provider of specialty health care solutions, including disease management and care coordination, clinical quality...
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...