M&A Deal Summary

IMS Health Holdings Acquires IASIST S.A.

On December 3, 2015, IMS Health Holdings acquired information technology company IASIST S.A. from AXIO Data Group Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-03
Target IASIST S.A.
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) IMS Health Holdings
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

IASIST S.A.

Barcelona, Spain
IASIST S.A. is a healthcare benchmarking company serving customers in Spain, Portugal and Chile. Built upon knowledge from a highly specialized team and the largest clinical databases, IASIST offers health care providers, payers and the health industry the clinical and economic information required to improve quality and efficiency in their organizations and the services provided to their customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IMS Health Holdings

Danbury, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Information Technology
Employees10,200
Revenue 2.9B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
IMS Health's corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut.
IMS Health's corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut.

IMS Health Holdings, Inc. is an information and technology services company providing clients in the healthcare industry with end-to-end solutions to measure and improve their performance. IMS Health was established in 1954 and is based in Danbury, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 19
Sector: Information Technology M&A 4 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-05 Dataline Software

Brighton, United Kingdom

Dataline Software Ltd. is a provider of Big Data analytics for healthcare, to extend its technology-enabled Real-World Evidence (RWE) platform and accelerate delivery of integrated clinical and cost-of-care insights for assessing healthcare value and performance. Dataline’s powerful software tools significantly expand the capabilities of Evidence 360.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-03 AlphaImpactRx

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

AlphaImpactRx, Inc. is a provider of primary research-based insights, analytics and solutions to biopharmaceutical, consumer health and medical device companies.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,830
DESCRIPTION

AXIO Data Group Holdings manages a portfolio of market major information businesses. Company serve customers in a range of sectors including: healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Company provide critical, often industry-standard, information and tools to help clients make high value decisions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 8
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-07 Medica Asia

London, United Kingdom

Medica Asia (Holdco) Ltd. is a provider of trusted medicine information, serving healthcare professionals across the region for nearly 50 years. MIMS has a registered user base of over 1.7 million healthcare professionals and provides multi-channel solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. MIMS also provides subscription clinical solutions to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-02 Medibridge S.A.

Vélizy Villacoublay, France

MediBridge is a provider of electronic messaging and data exchange services to healthcare providers in the first and second line, enabling them to communicate digitally with each other. MediBridge is serving c. 9.500 healthcare users in Belgium, with a focus on the Walloon region.

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