Healthcare Magazine November 2014 | Page 18

FINANCE
The market for Pharma IT saw a volume increase from 15 to 24 transactions .
in a news release . “ Companies with good scale , recurring revenue , and high growth rates with a large addressable market opportunity , whether they are long term care information / education / technology providers , revenue cycle management , point-of-care information solutions , or one of many other attractive niches , are in high demand from both private equity and strategic buyers .”
“ Financial buyers also have over $ 500 billion of dry powered which they can leverage 4x-8x times . It is a seller ’ s market as with all the attractive dynamics noted above there remains a lack of quality assets of scale available so any attractive assets commands high valuation and multiple buyers ,” added O ’ Connor .
Additional markets covered in the report included pharma IT , which
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