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HealthGrades.com Owner Being Taken Private In $294 Million Deal

Joseph Tartakoff

Jul 28, 2010 7:29 PM

Health Grades, the publicly-traded owner of popular doctor ratings site HealthGrades.com, is being taken private by PE firm Vestar Capital Partners in a $294 million deal. Vestar, which includes former WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD) CEO Roger Holstein among its partners, is paying $8.20 per share for Health Grades, a 29 percent…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, healthgrades, vestar capital partners

HealthGrades Buys WrongDiagnosis.com For $6.2 Million

Tameka Kee

Oct 14, 2008 5:33 PM

HealthGrades, an online healthcare ratings and reviews company, is bulking up, acquiring WrongDiagnosis.com and CureResearch.com from Adviware. The $6.2 million cash deal gives HealthGrades the two online communities and their related intellectual property, as well as two years worth of consulting from select Adviware execs. The Australia-based Adviware team also…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, adviware, cureresearch, healthgrades, wrongdiagnosis

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