Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database

Acquiring Party	Platinum Equity, a global private equity firm.
Transferring Party	Healthcare Marketing Services unit of Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), a provider of sales and marketing communications services and materials to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Sector	Medical Services
Date	November 7, 2006
Analysis With more than $200m in revenue, HMS provides sales and marketing communications services and materials to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. HMS will be a new platform to grow organically and via complementary acquisitions.
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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 4Q06