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Lisa E. Phillips, Editor
Stephen M. Monroe, Partner
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NORWALK, CT – July 16, 2014 – Spending on health care mergers and acquisitions hit a new record for second quarter spending, according to Health Care M&A News. The combined total for M&A activity in the second quarter reached $135.2 billion, up 171% compared with the first quarter spending total ($49.9 billion), and up 152% versus the same period the year before ($53.6 billion). The vast majority of that combined spending—91%—came from transactions on the Technology side, while Services contributed just 9%.
Total Deal Value, Q2:14 vs. Q1:14 and Q2:13
Q2:14
Q1:14
Q2:13
Change
Change
Services
$12,250,352,900
$12,621,647,000
-3%
$13,155,770,700
-7%
Technology
$122,922,049,570
$37,343,526,688
229%
$40,401,928,000
204%
Total
$135,172,402,470
$49,965,173,688
171%
$53,557,698,700
152%
Source: Health Care M&A News, July 2014
Deal volume also increased substantially in the second quarter, up 13% versus the previous quarter, to 297 transactions. The quarter also gained (20%) in comparison with the second quarter a year ago, when 248 deals were announced. Services transactions accounted for 52% of the Q2:14 deal total, and Technology transactions made up 48%.
Deal volume surged on the Technology side, to 143 deals, an increase of 31% compared with the previous quarter. Dollar volume exploded by 229%, to nearly $123 billion. While multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical deals made headlines in Q2:14, the Medical Device sector actually turned in the highest dollar volume among the Technology segments, thanks to the $42.9 billion acquisition of Covidien plc by Medtronic Inc., which made up the majority of the total $59.1 billion spent in that sector. Pharmaceuticals had a combined total spending of $56.4 billion for the quarter.
On the Services side, deal volume remained flat at 154 deals, down 1% compared with the previous quarter. Dollar volume was also stagnant at $12.3 billion, representing a 3% drop in the same period, although this segment typically has fewer prices disclosed. Long-Term Care transactions led this category, with 60 deals and $5.2 billion in combined spending. The Physician Medical Group sector posted 15 transactions for the quarter (up 15% vs. Q1:14), but reported an unusually large deal for this sector, at $2.35 billion, as Amsurg Corp. acquired Sheridan Healthcare Inc. from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.
“Now that the health information exchanges are functioning, investors have decided that health care is a good place to be,” said Lisa E. Phillips, editor of Health Care M&A News. “The equity markets are still rewarding the big-deal makers, as well. At this point, it looks as if this momentum could carry well into the third quarter.”
The Health Care M&A Market – Deal Volume by Sector
Q2:14
Q1:14
Q2:13
Sector
Deals
Deals
Change
Deals
Change
Services
Behavioral Health Care
7
5
40%
5
40%
Home Health & Hospice
14
15
-7%
18
-22%
Hospitals
9
13
-31%
22
-59%
Labs, MRI & Dialysis
7
11
-36%
10
-30%
Long-Term Care
60
63
-5%
56
7%
Managed Care
8
5
60%
3
167%
Physician Medical Groups
15
13
15%
17
-12%
Rehabilitation
6
2
200%
5
20%
Other
28
28
0%
29
-3%
Services subtotal
154
155
-1%
165
-7%
Technology
Biotechnology
34
26
31%
16
113%
eHealth
28
21
33%
10
180%
Medical Devices
31
27
15%
25
24%
Pharmaceuticals
50
35
43%
32
56%
Technology subtotal
143
109
31%
83
72%
Grand total
297
264
13%
248
20%
Source: Irving Levin Associates, Inc., July 2014
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