Mergers & Acquisitions

The healthcare industry sees a lot of consolidation between both vendors and healthcare providers this channel tracks mergers and acquisitions between large healthcare systems, community hospitals, private practices, vendors and private equity investors. Health systems have been growing in size substantially in the past decade with mergers with smaller healthcare systems and hospitals. This is largely due to the need to be more efficient amid lower reimbursements and rising costs by building an economy of scale in a larger health system. On the vendor side, mergers have become a common way to reduce research and development costs by purchasing intellectual rights for new technologies, or to purchased companies with new technologies that already have regulatory market clearance. 

I-MED Radiology Network

Private equity owner of Australia’s largest radiology firm, which just entered U.S., eyes nearly $2B sale

Earlier this month, I-MED Radiology Network announced it had reached a deal to acquire San Diego-based StatRad, adding $164M in EBITDA.  

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Imaging among the categories seeing greatest 2-year decline in private equity deals

The Pitchbook analysis also charted similar PE ownership downturns in other healthcare categories such as skilled nursing and hospitals.  

Agito Medical

Private equity firm acquires medical imaging equipment supplier from Philips

Agito Medical was first founded in 2004 and acquired by the Amsterdam-based original equipment manufacturer in 2018. 

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Lantheus acquires developer of next-generation PET imaging agent for Alzheimer’s

Meilleur Technologies’ portfolio includes the worldwide exclusive rights to NAV-4694, also known as F18-flutafuranol, which is in phase 3 trials. 

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Miami-based IntelliRad Imaging and its 37 physicians join Strategic Radiology

“Our newest member is a young, vibrant and innovative practice committed to the wholly physician-owned independent practice model,” said SR CEO Scott Bundy, MD. 

I-MED Radiology Network

Private equity-backed I-MED, Australia’s largest imaging provider, enters US with teleradiology acquisition

The company is acquiring San Diego-based StatRad, which employs 90-plus radiologists in the States, reading for hundreds of clients every day. 

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Interventional radiology vendor Merit Medical announces $105M acquisition

Based in South Jordan, Utah, the company is purchasing rights to the EsophyX Z+ device from EndoGastric Solutions, adding $30M in annual revenue. 

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Lantheus lands rights to budding radiopharmaceuticals for initial outlay of $35M

One of the largest radiopharma companies in the world is acquiring global rights to a pair of novel therapeutic and diagnostic drugs used to target a peptide receptor overexpressed in prostate and breast cancers.

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