What is Hot in Healthcare Financings and M&A

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.