Private equity investment in healthcare has continued to grow considerably from when we examined various niche investment areas on April 11, 2016, in the article titled “Private Equity in Healthcare – A Review of 15 Niche Investment Areas.” This article provides updated observations and insights on key investment niches, many of which were discussed in the 2016 article. It also provides some initial thoughts on the market as a whole.

Each market sector addressed is listed here, with a note indicating whether it is a new category that was not included in the 2016 article, and whether we perceive that there is less, roughly equal (i.e., steady) or more private equity interest in that sector as compared to the last year or two.