Friday, March 28, 2008

Goldman's Ken Hitchner on healthcare M&A (video)

March 27 - Dealscape Blog (The Deal) - Ken Hitchner, the global head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co., spoke with The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn at the Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium, where he touched on the industry's M&A prospects, debt markets and where his firm is looking internationally.

"There's an enormous amount of volatility out there now. I would say with a bit of a contrarian view that healthcare has been a bit of a port in the storm," Hitchner commented. "Healthcare M&A, especially those transactions that aren't reliant on debt markets, have been fairly robust. There's a lot of dialogue out there. A lot is going on, and it feels like it could shape up to be a reasonably good year. Watch video.

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