Health care merger and acquisition activity skyrocketed in 2022 to an all-time high of 2,395 transactions. This represented an 8% increase over the previous record of 2,214 deals recorded in 2021. Activity in the Physician Medical Groups sector soared 33% in 2022 as 608 deals were announced, compared with only 457 transactions in 2021. Biotechnology also generated a double-digit percentage rise in activity, gaining 17% with 141 deals in 2022 from 121 transactions in 2021. Acquisitions by private equity firms continued the trend of being a more significant element of healthcare M&A activity. The 952 private equity deals in 2022 represented a 12% increase over the 852 transactions in 2021, and a 127% jump compared with the 419 deals recorded in 2020.
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