Siemens sheds health IT business as streamlining continues
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
German giant Siemens has agreed to sell its health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, to health IT specialist Cerner for $1.3bn in cash. The move is the latest episode of Siemens’ streamlining under group CEO Joe Kaeser, who joined in July 2013 and has been wielding the axe ever since. Last month, Siemens agreed to divest its microbiology franchise, part of the diagnostics business, to Danaher, in a deal thought to be worth $300-500m.