Pharma Services January 2019

Crosstree BlueBooks provide an executive review of key health sciences transactions, financial movements, and public market activity. BlueBooks also offer a glimpse of how valuations are changing and how recent trends may affect future transactions.

• Transactions in the Pharma Services – Development industry totaled ten mergers & acquisitions and one financing during the month of January
• In terms of M&A, the Clinical Services and Laboratory Services sectors were the most active this month, with 5 transactions each; while in terms of financing, the Technology & Information Systems sector was the most active with 1 financing
• Total disclosed M&A value was $53 million during the month of January
• The largest disclosed M&A transaction this month was the $27 million acquisition of KAI Research by TAKE Solutions
• M&A and financings in the United States accounted for 90% of total transactions this month, up 80% from the previous month
• M&A activity this month includes acquisitions by Advent International, TAKE Solutions, Lambda Therapeutic Research, WIRB-Copernicus Group and ProPharma Group