Healthcare Services | First Quarter 2014

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 Q1 2013 spending total by 217%, according to preliminary figures from Irving Levin Associates, Inc. Excluding the $25 billion bid by Actavis plc (NYSE: ACT) for Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) announced in February, the Q1 2014 deal volume total would be $24.6 billion, a still robust 54% increase compared with Q1 2013.

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