MobiHealth News October 9, 2020
The marriage of Teladoc Health and Livongo stood out amidst a quarter with relatively few M&A deals.
While the third quarter of 2020 may not be remembered for its volume of M&A deals, it will likely be bookmarked as a clear example of front-runner consolidation within digital health.
Over the last three months, MobiHealthNews tracked and covered only nine confirmed M&A deals, plus one credibly reported acquisition (not counting deals involving special purpose acquisition companies [SPACs], which in practice are more akin to IPOs).
The easy frontrunner among these is Teladoc Health’s big ticket acquisition of Livongo, two giants in the telehealth and digital chronic disease management spaces, respectively. It was a deal that, at least for one...