Global Healthcare Private Equity and Corporate M&A Report 2018 (Bain & Company)

Summary

• Total disclosed healthcare private equity deal value reached $42.6 billion in 2017 across 265 deals.p.7
• Overall global private equity disclosed deal value rose 16% to $334 billion in 2017.p.7
• Corporate M&A in healthcare rose 27% to reach $332 billion across 3,099 deals in 2017.p.36

Key insights

1. Disclosed healthcare private equity deal value reached $42.6 billion in 2017, marking its highest level since 2007.p.7
2. European healthcare PE deal value rose to $12.8 billion across 70 announced deals in 2017.p.13
3. Three corporate megamergers with a collective value of $126 billion accounted for more than one-third of total corporate M&A value in 2017.p.36