The SeniorCare Investor, May 2011

More CCRCs For Sale– Better To Act Quickly In Distressed CCRC Sales When the Great Recession hit, with the subsequent decline in single family home values and sales, stock portfolios, and investment returns for the elderly in general, the impact on the CCRC...

The Health Care M&A Monthly: Takeda Buys Nycomed–

Pays $13.6 Billion To Buy Into Emerging Markets   After coyly denying its intentions for a few weeks, Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (T: 4502) announced that it is buying Nycomed from its private equity owners for €9.6 billion ($13.6 billion). Based in Switzerland,...

The SeniorCare Investor: Brookdale Snags Horizon Bay–

16,000 Additional Units Increases Size By 30% Every once in a while, there is news that is surprising and at the same time somewhat expected. We don’t usually say that about a large transaction, especially one that we were not even thinking about (as opposed to some...

The Health Care M&A Monthly: Managed Care Diversifies–

Aetna Buys Prodigy Health Group For $600.0 Million   Perhaps no sector of the health care industry has been more impacted by health care reform than the Managed Care industry. And this is reflected in lethargic acquisition activity, with just 15 deals announced in the...