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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Plainsboro, NJ) announced that it has made a binding offer to acquire the Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ) Codman Neurosurgery business for a price of…

Terumo Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) completed its acquisition of certain assets owned by Abbott (Abbott Park, IL) and St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) on January 20, 2017. Terumo has acquired…

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Plainsboro, NJ) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Integra Derma Inc, is commencing a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding common and preferred shares of…

A federal judge ruled that the $37 billion merger between Aetna (CS) and Humana (CS) should not be allowed to go through on antitrust grounds, siding with the Justice Department,…

Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ) and Actelion Ltd (CS) entered into a definitive transaction agreement under which Johnson & Johnson will launch an all-cash tender offer in Switzerland to…

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (Glenview, IL) has reached an agreement to be acquired by Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB), a consumer health and hygiene company. As a result of this…

Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC (St. Louis, MO) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rockwell Medical Supply (Long Beach, CA). The acquisition will expand Concordance’s West Coast presence. Financial terms of…

LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:LHCG), a national provider of comprehensive post-acute healthcare services, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Halcyon Hospice LLC for approximately $58.5…

National Seating & Mobility has had a banner year, with a slew of acquisitions and the launch of its home accessibility business, which is why it might be the perfect…

Long’s Drugs Inc. (“Long’s”), a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital, announced that it has acquired Avita Drugs Inc. (“Avita”). Avita is a leading specialty pharmacy serving chronically ill patient populations…

Providers to Proactively Reduce Hospital Acquired InfectionsWorld’s Fastest Infection Prevention Robots Will Help Healthcare Providers Save Over $35 Billion Annually in direct HAI Costs. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are…

A Nashville-based palliative care provider co-founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has received $32 million from an investment round led by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures,…

Genesis HealthCare signed an agreement Tuesday to sell the majority of its home health and hospice operations to Compassus for $84 million. The sale is expected to close within the…

McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), a leading international healthcare services and information technology company, announced today that it has signed definitive agreements to purchase Vantage Oncology, LLC, a leading national provider of…

In a bid to pay off a large chunk of its debt, Kennett Square-based Genesis Healthcare has agreed to sell its home health and hospice operations to Nashville-based Compassus for…

In its announcement of the deal, BD isn’t disclosing the price, but says the transaction values the business at nearly $500 million. The transaction is expected to close late in…

McKesson will pay $1.2 billion to buy two oncology companies that are expected to bolster its specialty health segment. The San Francisco-based healthcare giant will purchase Vantage Oncology, a national…

KG Health Partners, Inc. (KGHP), a leading mobile podiatric care provider serving Florida’s long-term care (LTC) facilities as a partner in the care continuum, announced today that it has acquired…

Nashville-based Ardent Health Services and Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group have agreed to merge, the companies announced Wednesday. The combined system would create the second-largest privately owned, for-profit hospital system…

WellCare Health Plans, a publicly traded insurer that voiced its hunger for transactions earlier this year, has agreed to acquire Care1st Health Plan of Arizona for $157.5 million. The deal,…

The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care, medical transportation, assisted living and urgent care…

Halyard Health Inc (Alpharetta, GA) agreed to acquire privately held CORPAK MedSystems (Buffalo Grove, IL) in an all-cash transaction for a total consideration of $174 million. Corpak, a portfolio company…

Apothecary by Design (ABD), a rapidly growing specialty pharmacy serving patients with complex conditions such as infertility, recently announced that it has acquired Healy Pharmacy, of Warrenville, Illinois. The two…

naviHealth Inc (Brentwood, TN), a Cardinal Health (Dublin, OH) company, entered into an agreement to acquire Curaspan Health Group Inc (Newton, MA), a privately held provider of care-transition tools for…

Two companies, two strategic plans. That’s what brought Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ) together with Toshiba Corp. (OTCQB: TOSYY) in a deal to acquire Toshiba’s medical device business. Toshiba, which makes…

Carter Healthcare, a home health provider based in Oklahoma City, acquired Recovery Home Care District 3 in The Villages, Florida. The property was added to Carter Healthcare February 29. With…

Always Best Care Senior Services of San Diego added skilled home health care to its roster of services. The in-home care provider has been serving seniors in San Diego, Escondido,…

The West Virginia Health Care Authority issued an exemption for a certificate of need to Stonerise Reliable Healthcare LLC of South Charleston for the acquisition of a home health agency…

BioTelemetry Research Acquisition Corporation (Rockville, MD), the wholly owned subsidiary of BioTelemetry Inc (Malvern, PA), is commencing a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding common and preferred shares of…

Diversis Capital, LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on acquiring and growing small- and middle-market companies, today announced that it has acquired the majority of the assets of…

Premier Health, a health system based in Dayton, Ohio, made its fifth acquisition of a health care practice in the past six months. Upper Valley ENT, a two-physician practice in…

StoneCalibre, LLC is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates, Edge BioSystems, Inc., has acquired the Ion Chromatography Business from Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO). The Company, which will be…

DaVita HealthCare Partners (NYSE: DVA) announced a deal forMountain View Medical Group, a 50-physician practice that is the second largest independent group in Colorado Springs. It operates 14 medical office…

Humanwell Healthcare Group and PuraCap Pharmaceuticals announced that they would be acquiring 100% of Epic Pharma’s membership interests for $550 million. The purchase of the Laurelton, N.Y.-based company will expand…

Accruent (Austin, TX) acquired Mainspring Healthcare Solutions (Boston, MA), a provider of software and technology solutions to support services departments in U.S. hospitals. Mainspring will extend Accruent’s suite of purpose-built…

DanDrit Biotech USA Inc. (OTCQB: DDRT) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-held OncoSynergy, Inc. Based in San Francisco, OncoSynergy develops novel oncology drug candidates…

McKesson Corporation completed its previously announced acquisition of Vantage Oncology LLC (Manhattan Beach, CA). Vantage Oncology is now part of McKesson’s Specialty Health business. Additional details of the transaction were…

Medline (Chicago, IL) acquired Medical Mart (Toronto, Canada). Medical Mart is a privately held, family-owned distributor of medical supplies for the primary care, acute care, long term care, home care,…

Kreisers Inc (Sioux Falls, SD), MMS – A Medical Supply Company (Earth City, MO), and Seneca Medical (Tiffin, OH) have completed their merger to form the new Concordance Healthcare Solutions.…

Advent International (New York, NY) agreed to acquire a majority ownership interest in ATI Physical Therapy (Bolingbrook, IL) from KRG Capital Partners (Denver, CO). ATI’s current management team, led by…

The Riverside Company has invested a minority stake in Bentley Laboratories LLC (Bentley), a specialist in the formulation and outsourced manufacturing of products for the beauty and over-the-counter pharmaceutical industries.…

LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:LHCG), a national provider of home health, hospice, community-based and comprehensive post-acute healthcare services, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Heartlite Hospice, a subsidiary…

Almost Family has acquired Long Term Solutions for $37 million, representing 2.3X revenues. Terms of the $37 million deal call for Almost Family to acquire 100 percent of LTS equity…