Device/Diagnostics Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q2 2018
A look at the financing, M&A and alliance activity in April-June 2018
Executive Summary
Second quarter device financing totaled $3.4 billion, less than half of the Q1 aggregate. Conversely, the $10.6 billion in device M&As was a 58% upsurge over the previous quarter. Like the device trends, total Q2 diagnostics financings (at $959 million) showed a 36% decline from Q1, while the $4.8 billion in M&A volume exhibited a significant increase over the previous quarter.
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