This year is shaping up to be a big one for acquisitions, if not for the money (many are for undisclosed amounts) but for sheer volume. We’ve seen 30 so far, and with a little over three months to go, 2016 may well end up eclipsing 2015’s total of 37 deals. Rather than just list the companies, we’ve broken them down into different categories based on who the acquirer is, to try to outline some trends. We also spoke with some investors for their take on the digital health M&A landscape. You can check out their insight here.
Healthcare Outsiders
We saw several companies not traditionally associated with health getting in on the growing digital health market via acquisitions, ranging from high profile tech companies to pet food makers. Of such acquisitions, the most high-profile was likely Apple’s acquisition of PHR company Gliimpse. The company helps people collect the “bread crumbs” of their health data in one centralized repository. Ever since Apple launched its HealthKit framework in mid-2014, the company has seen enabling health data sharing as its entry point into healthcare, and Gliimpse fits right into those plans. Apple also has a history of working with EHRs, most notably Epic, to integrate HealthKit data. Gliimpse’s code could help Apple products to more easily interact with hospital systems, or it could bolster safety and security for the company, as those are also major selling points of Gliimpse. This is a small deal for Apple, which one investor we talked to described as likely an acqui-hire. For the full article click here
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