Top healthcare mergers and acquisitions in January 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the healthcare sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 9 deals in the healthcare sector in January 2026, 6 of them with a disclosed value, worth $19.5bn in total. The largest was Boston Scientific Corporation's $14.5bn deal for Penumbra, Inc., ahead of GSK plc and RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. at $2.2bn.
Top healthcare mergers and acquisitions in January 2026
- 115 JanBoston Scientific Corporation → Penumbra, Inc.Boston Scientific agrees US$14.5bn deal for PenumbraHealthcare / Medical devicesIn review$14.5bn
- 220 JanGSK plc → RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.GSK agrees US$2.2bn deal for food allergy biotech RAPTHealthcare / BiotechCompleted$2.2bn
- 37 JanEli Lilly and Company → Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.Lilly agrees US$1.2bn deal for Ventyx BiosciencesHealthcare / BiotechCompleted$1.2bn
- 46 JanAmgen Inc. → Dark Blue TherapeuticsAmgen buys UK protein-degrader biotech Dark Blue for up to $840mHealthcare / BiotechCompleted$840m
- 512 JanSmith & Nephew plc → Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.Smith+Nephew agrees up to US$450m deal for Integrity OrthopaedicsHealthcare / Medical devicesCompleted$450m
- 628 JanSword Health → Kaia HealthSword Health buys Munich's Kaia Health for $285mHealthcare / Digital therapeuticsCompleted$285m
- 723 JanNissha Co., Ltd. → USM Healthcare Medical Devices Factory JSCNissha agrees to buy control of Vietnam's USM HealthcareHealthcare / Medical devicesCompletedUndisclosed
- 814 JanEQT X fund → Oxford Biomedica plcEQT abandons pursuit of Oxford BiomedicaHealthcare / Cell and gene therapy manufacturingTerminatedUndisclosed
- 912 JanBoston Scientific Corporation → Valencia Technologies CorporationBoston Scientific agrees to buy eCoin maker Valencia TechnologiesHealthcare / Medical devicesCompletedUndisclosed