mergers and acquisitions

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By  Jessica Hagen 12:04 pm November 7, 2024
Health Catalyst, a U.S.-based provider of healthcare data and analytics for care organizations, signed a definitive agreement to acquire all equity interests of cybersecurity provider Intraprise Health for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $43 million.  Intraprise offers an end-to-end cybersecurity risk management and services platform, while Health Catalyst's healthcare data and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:20 pm October 8, 2024
New York-based mental health technology company Resilience Lab has acquired online psychiatric medication management platform Options MD, which will allow Resilience to offer integrated prescription management and psychotherapy services for moderate to severe mental illness.  Resilience Lab is an online mental healthcare platform that connects patients with therapists who specialize in depression...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:03 pm September 9, 2024
Kipu Health, a company that provides technology solutions for behavioral health announced it acquired Hatch Compliance, a cloud-based compliance management and software provider focused on behavioral health companies.  The acquisition is expected to augment Kipu's suite of offerings by adding "robust governance, risk and compliance" abilities. Kipu interacts with patients via customer...
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By  Nathaniel Lacktman and Louis Lehot 12:00 pm December 8, 2023
Today, a tale of two markets are seen in healthcare mergers and acquisition: the present (as reflected in the data about declining dealmaking) and the future (reflected in the increasingly positive outlook by dealmakers). While deal data can vary according to how it is defined and who is reporting, it has declined substantially across the board since the high-water mark in late 2021 and early...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:13 pm November 29, 2022
Amwell is in talks to acquire struggling teletherapy company Talkspace for about $200 million, according to Israeli business publication Calcalist. Talkspace's stock price surged in the wake of the deal rumors. It went public in 2021 after a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, opening at $8.90 per share. The deal valued Talkspace at $1.4 billion. But the digital mental health...
ResAppDx, a mobile respiratory diagnostic test app by Australian startup ResApp
By  Adam Ang 12:28 am September 30, 2022
Pfizer completes ResApp purchase for over $115 million Biopharmaceutical giant Pfizer has finalised its acquisition of ASX-listed digital health startup ResApp for A$179 million ($116 million), according to the University of Queensland. Brisbane-based ResApp has developed a mobile app that analyses cough sounds and diagnoses respiratory diseases, including asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, croup...
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By  Mallory Hackett 11:43 am October 8, 2021
Multimodal healthcare provider Carbon Health is entering the Tri-State region with its acquisition of Central Jersey Urgent Care. The New Jersey-based urgent care chain operates 10 clinics across the central region of the state. Through the acquisition, which is the company’s largest to date, Carbon is expanding its reach to over 90 clinics across 14 states. The terms of the deal were not...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:57 pm October 5, 2021
Digital musculoskeletal care company SWORD Health announced the acquisition of Vigilant Technologies, maker of a wearable that aims to prevent workplace injury. The acquisition announcement comes months after SWORD scooped up $85 million in Series C funding. Vigilant pairs a wearable device that provides haptic feedback to correct posture with educational content tailored to specific job types to...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:12 am September 17, 2021
Digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care company Hinge Health has acquired wrnch, developer of computer vision technology that measures body motion. Hinge said the tech will allow users to measure a patient’s strength, flexibility, balance and endurance, which can be used to improve the patient’s care plan. They’ll also be able to more easily track exercises and improve rehabilitation for areas that...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:03 pm August 17, 2020
The current moment of health innovation and investment spurred by the COVID-19 crisis seems to be accelerating, if not driving, the consolidation of the digital health space. While Teladoc and Livongo loom as the most striking recent example, Omada’s purchase of Physera in May was also bolstered by the pandemic and its follow-on effects, CEO Sean Duffy told MobiHealthNews in a recent interview....