Health-Care Deals Dip Slightly While Overall Pace Stays Hot

Sept. 3, 2021, 9:35 AM UTC

The number of health-care and life-sciences transactions dipped a bit in July from the previous month, but the pace remains strong and the total could reach 2,900 by year’s end, said Larry Kocot of KPMG in Washington.

July saw 247 transactions, down from a record-high of 283 in June. But the total for the first seven months of the year was 1,691, a 76% increase over the same period in 2020, which had 959, he said.

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