Healthcare revs deals engine back into high gear after 12 years

Healthcare revs deals engine back into high gear after 12 years

Doctor in a clinic.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s possible acquisition of Shire Plc, with its market value of $45 billion, would boost the sector’s year-to-date deals to well above $200 billion, the most for a first quarter in at least a dozen years. Announced health-care transactions have already reached about $156 billion this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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