Private equity investment in healthcare falls in first half of 2020

The value of U.S. private equity deals in healthcare in 2020’s second quarter was roughly one-third that of the second quarter of 2019, after also being down year-over-year in the first quarter of 2020. Healthcare deals represented 9% of private equity spending across all industries in the recently ended quarter, down from 11% in the 2019 period.
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