Industrial Revolution: The New Medical Device Acquirers

The first article in a two-part series, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explores the financial rationale driving the steady trend of M&A activity in the medical technology sector-as well as the business implications that result. Here, the authors examine the phenomenon of external players-industrial companies, conglomerates and others-acquiring companies and entering the medtech sector. The series draws on the valuation techniques, used by BCG's ValueScience Center, which combine proprietary discounted cash flow and relative valuation multiple models.

By Pete Lawyer and Rob Alford

This article is the first in a two-part series from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) exploring the financial rationale driving...

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