MedCity News January 14, 2026
Private equity investment in healthcare hit a record $191 billion in 2025. But as more investors crowd into the sector, competition for high-quality assets is intensifying, driving up prices and increasing pressure to deliver successful exits.
Private equity activity in the global healthcare sector set a new record last year with an estimated $191 billion in deal value, according to new data from Bain & Company.
Healthcare remains one of PE’s best-performing sectors, driven both by its scale and durable demand from aging demographics, noted Nirad Jain, senior partner at Bain & Company.
“Healthcare is infrastructure. In the U.S., it’s like 20% of the economy. Healthcare demand is ever-growing because of immutable trends around demographics and underlying health,” he remarked.
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