Do Hill-Rom, PerkinElmer, Integra Deals Signal 2017 M&A Acceleration?

13 Jan 2017

The second week of 2017 scored a hat trick of M&A deals, including Hill-Rom's $330m acquisition of a privately held diagnostic cardiology and patient-monitoring company. This deal builds on the diagnostics and monitoring product lines Hill-Rom established when it acquired Welch Allyn in 2015.

Following a slowdown in M&A activity lasts year, 2017 is off to a fast start with three medtech M&A deals in the space of a week – Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. is acquiring Mortara Instrument Inc., [Integra LifeSciences] is acquiring Derma Sciences Inc., and PerkinElmer Inc. will buy Tulip Diagnostics Private LTD.

2016 had fewer medtech mergers overall and fewer billion-dollar acquisitions than 2015 or 2014, but there were 14 deals in...