As we welcomed in the 2011 New Year, healthcare M&A was up 44% and gaining momentum. Not surprisingly, government reform initiatives ─ The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare ─ will be the biggest driver of merger-and-acquisition (M&A) activity, according to 65% of investors.
Read more →Reform Will Drive Significant M&A Deal Flow in Healthcare: Overall healthcare deal values for 2010 were flat at best, and the number of deals was down. In the drug category, The Pharma Letter reported that two mega-deals skewed the pharmaceuticals category, which was also flat at best.
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