{"id":38659,"date":"2017-03-30T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T06:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-imarticus.kinsta.cloud\/?p=38659"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:47:31","slug":"mergers-and-acquisitions-in-health-care-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imarticus.org\/blog\/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-health-care-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Mergers and Acquisitions in Health Care in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many reports have touted the year 2022, to be the year of mergers and acquisitions or \u2018the year of merger mania\u2019. Many M&A records were broken throughout the year, with Healthcare Finance, being among the top five activities and trends of the same year. The year 2023 is also believed to be a comparable year when it comes to M&A in the healthcare industry. In this article, we will be thoroughly dealing with all the mergers & acquisitions<\/strong><\/a> activities that took place throughout the year of 2022, so read on to know more about the industry changes.<\/p>\n

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  1. Walgreens made a move to sell almost 865 stores to Fred\u2019s Pharmacy on December 21st<\/sup>, 2016. This move was made in order to satisfy all the antitrust concerns. This was why the bigger chain, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Rite Aid announced the all-cash sale, to the comparatively smaller drugstore chain, for about $950 million.<\/li>\n
  2. Family Care Partners acquired Wagener Medical Centre on December 9, 2016. This acquisition happened as a result of the efforts of further expansion by the former company. Family Care Partners happens to be a firm, which is entirely focused on creating a network for all of the primary care providers, throughout the nation. They aim to provide their services across the southeastern region of the United States and this acquisition was a result of these expansion efforts.<\/li>\n
  3. In a bid to expand their service offerings, Universal Hospital Services acquired Radiographic Equipment Services on December 9, 2016. The former is a healthcare technology management firm and has acquired the latter, which is a medical imaging provider company based in San Diego.<\/li>\n
  4. Indian Pharmaceutical firms will be continuing their efforts in order to seek growth and development through the acquisition of overseas assets.<\/li>\n
  5. Baxter International, which is a USA-based health care company, has moved to buy an Indian firm in order to grow and expand its own portfolio regarding generic injectables.<\/li>\n
  6. Infosys had made its bid for US healthcare company Trizetto, for which even Wipro was considering betting. But it was finally acquired by Cognizant in a rather risky bet.<\/li>\n
  7. The troubled Indian company, Ranbaxy has been already sold to and is acquired by another Indian Drug company called Sun Pharmaceuticals.<\/li>\n
  8. Healthcare, materials, and financials were some of the most active sectors when it came to Mergers and Acquisitions in India.<\/li>\n
  9. According to a report by Kroll, a global risk mitigation firm, India was one of the most attractive M&A destinations in the continent of Asia.<\/li>\n
  10. Overseas deals especially in the sector of healthcare and pharma, experienced a five-year high in the year 2015. According to a number of reports, outbound deals in this sector happened to be worth US$1.5 billion in the previous year, as opposed to $251 million in the year 2014. Inbound deals also increased majorly to US$999m.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thus, it seems the mergers & acquisitions sector has experienced quite a few exciting twists and turns in the past couple of years. This is probably why finance enthusiasts is looking to pursue professional courses in finance<\/a>, like those offered by Imarticus Learning, to get ahead in this field.<\/p>\n

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    Loved this blog? Read more here:<\/strong>
    \n    2016 M&A Round Up \u2013 I<\/a>
    \n    2016 M&A Round Up \u2013 II<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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