Over the next few months, HGP is publishing a 6-part research series covering a range of due diligence issues that are common to Health IT and Services transactions. The 6 sections cover: Accounting and Tax, Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Intellectual…
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In 1990, The Human Genome Project undertook the ambitious goal of mapping and sequencing the entire human genome. With over $3 billion in funding, the project took 13 years and was completed in 2003. Since then the cost of genome sequencing has fallen to a mere $1,000 and continues to…
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Ascend Learning, a leading provider of health education content, software and analytics, has announced that it has acquired Kognito, a health simulation company that believes in the power of conversation to inspire and inform, impact how people think and act, evoke empathy and change lives. Coming together allows these…
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Through Q3-2017, investment in Health Information Technology & Services (HIT) remains vibrant and on record pace. HGP monitored 492 HIT investment transactions through Q3, representing 312 US and 180 non-US targets. While the pace of activity in the US grew at a 19% annual rate over the last 6-years, non-US HIT investing increased at a dramatic 47% rate. As striking as the deal volume increase…
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Over the next few months, HGP is publishing a 6-part research series covering a range of due diligence issues that are common to Health IT and Services transactions. The 6 sections cover: Accounting and Tax, Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Intellectual Property, and Technology. In today’s edition, we are covering the Accounting & Finance topics.
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HGP was founded in 2006 with the goal of providing top tier investment banking and strategic advisory services to innovative growth companies across the health IT domain. In May of this year, we celebrated the closing of our 100th transaction. When we launched the firm, we found ourselves thrust against the headwind of the financial crisis. Starting a business in a down cycle ultimately…
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Health IT is a geographically dispersed sector, yet certain locations are known for supporting strong Health IT ecosystems, such as Nashville, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, and Madison. These ecosystems are generally the result of large, incumbent corporations and institutions that fuel the intellectual capital and talent that are the foundation for the development of new enterprises. During…
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Last year, HGP discussed the concept of Exploiters and Solvers in the healthcare industry. The U.S. healthcare economy is indisputably inefficient. Inefficient markets create opportunities for exploitation or solution. Exploiters seek to exploit inefficiencies to maximize returns for a select few. Solvers seek to eliminate inefficiencies to maximize returns for many. In the context of healthcare,…
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Healthcare Growth Partners is pleased to release its Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review. Our semi-annual report summarizes M&A and capital raising activity across health IT, health information services, and digital health. This edition of the report includes our analysis of valuation trends across core HIT sub-sectors, a discussion of economic pricing against the trend toward healthcare consumerism,…
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Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) is demystifying the operations of the complex maze known as the pharmaceutical supply chain. In addition to the unnecessary complexity of the key industry players’ roles, their confounding dealings and the lack of price transparency make the pharmaceutical supply chain one of the most difficult to comprehend in healthcare. In order to understand the entire process…
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