Despite a sharp drop in March, total med-tech M&A deal value for the first quarter of 2025 remained significantly higher than last year’s, reaching $10.93 billion compared to $3.63 billion in Q1 2024, though still down from $22.56 billion in Q1 2023.

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Med-tech M&A activity reached $10.35 billion in the first two months of 2025, with $4.81 billion in deals recorded in January and increasing to $5.55 billion in February. While total M&A value remained strong, the number of M&As dropped month-over-month, falling from 40 transactions in January to 19 in February, but still tracking with the 2024 average of nearly 30 per month.

Med-tech companies raised $3.52 billion in 65 deals in February 2025, up from $2.76 billion across 56 transactions in January.