Keckley Report April 22, 2019
Private equity investment in U.S. healthcare plays a formidable role today and, in all likelihood, even more tomorrow. In most cases, these investors are successful in exploiting weaknesses and opportunities relentlessly while profiting their limited partners. In so doing, they are fundamentally reshaping U.S. healthcare.
BACKGROUND
Private equity (PE) raises its capital from Limited Partners– pension funds, institutional investors, high net worth individuals and others– who entrust funds to their management. Investments range from $25 million up to hundreds of millions for companies poised for near-term growth or to facilitate their buy-outs of other companies.
PE does not invest in start-ups or early stage companies: that’s for venture capital investors recognizing that 70% of these never get out of the...
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