M&A Analysis: January, Crisp Start To The Year

2018 kicked off with 17 medtech M&A deals in January, an increase from the 12 transactions recorded in the same period last year. The month also saw major medtech players reel in some significant acquisitions.

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2018 kicked off with 17 medtech M&A deals in January and a wave of early activity from the big players. Deal volume was up from the 12 transactions recorded January last year, but down from the 24 deals in December 2017. The year-end flurry of activity rounded off a busy 2017 for medtech M&A with the number of acquisitions for the year exceeding that of 2016. (See Figure 1.)

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