Here are four findings from the survey, comprising results from 265 finance executives.
1. Thirty-six percent of respondents said the healthcare and life sciences market is a “moderate bubble,” while 22 percent said the market is a “bubble likely to burst.”
2. Respondents said the biggest drivers of merger and acquisition activity in the healthcare and life sciences sector are accretive acquisition strategies (52 percent), cost consolidation (46 percent) and changing payment models (39 percent).
3. Fifty-two percent of respondents predicted the health IT and data subsector will have “a lot” of investment activity next year.
4. Respondents said the most overvalued sectors include biotech (71 percent), specialty physician practice management (67 percent), behavioral health (63 percent) and health IT (58 percent).
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