Foley hosted a breakfast briefing program addressing the latest trends in health care financings and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This informal session was led by Michael L. Blau of Foley’s Health Care Industry Team and Gabor Garai and Todd L. Boudreau of Foley’s Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice. The session was comprised of two interactive panel discussions, one of which will focus on sector-specific opportunities and the other of which will focus on stages of financing for health care companies.
Sector panelists included:
Ted Ashburn, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Director of Corporate Development, Genzyme Corporation
Patrick Ryan, CEO, PolyMedica Corporation
William McPhee, Director, Health Advances, LLC
Financing panelists included:
Eugene Hill, Managing Partner, SV Life Sciences
Mary McNamara, Managing Director, Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC
Jon Lemelman, General Partner, Riverside Partners LLC
This panels addressed pertinent topics, including:
The state of the health care industry
Investment opportunities and future trends in pharmaceuticals/biotechnology, medical device, health services, and health care information technology
Transformational technologies for which to watch
Financing strategies and solutions
Investment criteria by stage of growth
Health care exit and liquidity alternatives
Effective acquisition and integration strategies
International health care M&A and global challenges
“What is Hot in Healthcare Financings and M&A” is part of Foley’s 2007 Boston Executive Briefings Series.
