The Health Care M&A Monthly: Guidant Buys Cook For $3 Billion To Prop Open Revenue Flow
Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), based in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently announced that it would pay a total of $3 billion to acquire The Cook Group, a privately held medical device manufacturer. What GDT seeks most in this deal is to obtain Cook’s technology and...The SeniorCare Investor: Change Is In The Air: Marriott And Genesis Shift Gears
The senior care business continues to suffer from the hang-over caused by the excesses of the 1990s. Although just one more aspirin may be necessary to rid the sector of the pains from the past, some people are looking into the future and asking the hard questions....The Health Care M&A Monthly: Pfizer Scoops Up Pharmacia Corp. In $60 Billion Deal
With the markets headed south, no one really expected the announcement of the largest deal of 2002. Yet that is precisely what took place on Monday, June 15, 2002, when Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that it would acquire Pharmacia Corp. (NYSE: PHA) for an...The HealthCare M&A Monthly: Is There Any Future for PPMs?
The answer to the question posed in the headline would seem obvious to many observers of the physician practice management (PPM) industry, so obvious that it can be summed up in a single word: No. After all, the number of companies has dropped so precipitously that...The SeniorCare Investor: When Cash Is King: So What Else Is New?
Once again, the acquisition activity in the past month was dominated by the sale of assisted living facilities, with nine separate sales totaling 27 facilities, compared to three nursing home transactions. Although maybe not so extreme, a similar ratio is expected for...Schedule a demo
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