Global healthcare PE deals set for a record 2018 riding on buyouts

Global healthcare-focused private equity is on the brink of a record year with buyout deals seeing year-on-year increase in aggregate deal value, showed a recent report by alternative assets data tracker Preqin. As of November, 585 healthcare-focused deals worth $56 billion were announced in 2018, putting the year on track to surpass the 619 deals worth a record $57 billion seen in 2017.