M&A Deal Summary

IMS Health Holdings Acquires Privacy Analytics

On May 25, 2016, IMS Health Holdings acquired software company Privacy Analytics from Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 4th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-05-25
Target Privacy Analytics
Sector Software
Buyer(s) IMS Health Holdings
Sellers(s) Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Privacy Analytics

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Privacy Analytics, Inc. is an innovative suite of data governance software and advisory services provider that enable stakeholders to optimize benefits of the growing volume and availability of new, complex datasets while protecting patient privacy. Solutions include scalable tools for de-identifying and anonymizing structured and unstructured patient-level data.

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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 19 of 19
Sector: Software M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-04 Dimensions Healthcare

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dimensions Healthcare LLC is a developer of healthcare informatics solutions that assist private and public sectors to offer higher-quality healthcare services by collecting and processing information that is used to decrease inefficiencies and reduce wasteful expenditures.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust (FACIT) is an independent business trust established by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research to accelerate breakthrough cancer innovations into viable opportunities that benefit patients, researchers, investors and Ontario’s economy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1