Recent Dealmaking Influenced By Cash Considerations Cash is king proved to be a dominant theme in February’s health care M&A market: how to keep it, how to raise it and how to use it wisely. Some companies swapped products so they wouldn’t have to dig into cash...
SEC Alleges Securities Fraud—Company May Be Doomed On March 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally charged Oregon-based Sunwest Management, its former CEO Jon Harder and several related entities with securities fraud and is seeking an emergency court...
WEL Ties Its Evangelical Manor Capital Campaign To Renovations March 1, 2009 Trying to secure the necessary financial resources for operations, capital, and endowment is a challenge for senior living providers in this uncertain economy. People in all financial...
Some Provisions Offer Opportunities For The Senior Housing Sector March 1, 2009 Among the provisions of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, the $787 billion stimulus bill signed by President Obama on February 17, some of those provisions may...
Seventy-One Deals Announced Worth $73.6 Billion The merger and acquisition market in the health care industry for January 2009 posted a total of 71 deals, with transactions announced in each of the 13 sectors of the industry that we cover. Out of this amount, 43...
Acquisition Enlarges Biotech Pipeline And Revenues After several quarters of somewhat mall and dilatory acquisitions, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) made a major announcement at the end of January. The company is buying competitor Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) for $68.0 billion. In doing...