FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stephen M. Monroe, Partner Gretchen S. Swanson, Associate Editor 800-248-1668 203-846-6800 Fax: 203-846-8300 pressreleases@levinassociates.com Norwalk, CT – April 16, 2009—During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, the health care venture...
University-based retirement communities aren’t a particularly new idea, but Campus Continuum, based in Newton, Massachusetts, has tweaked the model. Unlike a traditional CCRC, including those in a university setting or even near a golf course, the Campus Continuum...
Nearly 200 Deals Posted Worth A Record $127.4 Billion Over the past few quarters, we have been living out the ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” But it wasn’t until the most recent quarter that we saw how deeply the credit crunch...
$44.1 Billion Deal Makes Merck Number Two U.S. Pharma Big pharma produced not one, but two mega-deals during the first quarter of 2009. In the most recent one, Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) announced that it is paying approximately $44.1 billion to buy rival...
The Pricing Disconnect May Continue To Widen This Year We recently hosted an audio conference with the title, “Profiting From A Buyer’s Market.” There was a very informative discussion about changes in the acquisition market in 2008, what happened to cap...
Is It Really As Bad As The Stock Prices Say It Is? The sky is falling, the sky is falling, or so cautions Chicken Little as she hops around warning everyone of impending doom. Not wanting to be accused of taking the current economic crisis too lightly, and we...