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M&A Analysis: July M&A Levels Reach Fever Pitch

 
• By Catherine Longworth

The summer season is proving to be a hot one for medtech M&A activity, with another busy month of deal-making in July. Twenty-five deals were announced and closed during the month, surpassing June's deal count and making it the month with the highest M&A activity to date.

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Twenty-five deals were announced and closed in July, the busiest month of the year so far for medtech M&A activity

Medtech deal activity stayed hot in the month of July, continuing a busy summer trend. Twenty-five transactions were announced and closed during the month, making it the busiest month of the year to date and surpassing June's deal count. M&A levels were more than double the total recorded in the same period the previous year. (See Figure 1.)

As of August 3, there have been a total of 114 medtech M&A deals in 2017 – if the deal...

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