April 2014 – Merger and acquisition volume in the healthcare industry totaled 232 transactions for Q1 2014 across 13 sectors. The combined spending on these deals stands at $49.6 billion. Compared with the first quarter of 2013, the number of deals rose by 9%, and the spending volume exceeds the…

February 2014 – Merger and acquisition volume in the healthcare sector totaled 1,002 transactions for 2013, 8% lower than 2012’s total of 1,091, which was the highest annual number of deals reached in the past decade, according to preliminary figures from Irving Levin Associates, Inc. M&A deal value in 2013 reached $163.5 billion, up approximately 14% compared with…