As expected, December 2021 was jammed-packed with over 300 health-care industry transactions—the most active month of the year, bringing total announced/closed deal volume for 2021 to nearly 3,000, Bloomberg reports. This was driven by the customary year-end “rush” to close deals, combined with a booming health-care industry, and investors with over $2 trillion in “dry powder” desiring to increase their focus investing in the growing (and largely recession-proof) health-care space. The following seven sectors were the most active, each with at least 100 deals: life sciences (524); health-care IT (422); physician practices (393); medical device (374); cannabis (283); home health (150); and behavioral health (137). Read more.
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