M&A Analysis: Grail's Chinese Merger Wraps Up Busy May
Executive Summary
It was a robust month for medtech M&A deal making with 17 deals in May, making it the busiest month of the year to date. The total number of acquisitions beat the number recorded in May last year and picked up slightly from the 14 deals inked in the previous month.
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