This week’s Friday Five spotlights five standout mergers and acquisitions driving momentum across healthcare and biotech in 2025. Each deal reflects a rapidly evolving industry focused on innovation and long-term growth.
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Friday Five: Notable 2025 Healthcare and Life Science Mergers & Acquisitions
This week’s Friday Five spotlights five standout mergers and acquisitions driving momentum across healthcare and biotech in 2025. Each deal reflects a rapidly evolving industry focused on innovation and long-term growth.
On the Air This Weekend
WEEKEND: Dec 13 – Dec 14 Check out what’s on this weekend marathon airings of your favorite shows. And get a sneak peek of what’s new next week on Healthcare de Jure and Talking the Walk. Catch up on your favorite shows.
AHRQ’s New Behavioral Health Integration Resources
AHRQ’s Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care has released a new suite of tools designed to make behavioral health integration more accessible, effective, and sustainable. These updated resources offer practical guidance, partnerships, and evidence-based strategies to help primary care teams strengthen whole-person care and better support patients’ mental health needs.
5 Ways to Manage Holiday Nursing Stress
By Natalie Vaughn – While the holiday season can be a meaningful time to reconnect with loved ones and recharge, healthcare remains one of the few industries that doesn’t slow down. In fact, as many nurses can attest, holiday nursing stress can be especially challenging.
Newly Released Podcasts 12/10/25
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of Health Launchpad and HIMSS’ The Healthtech Marketing Show, Roetzel’s HealthLaw HotSpot, and Infinx’s Revenue Cycle Optimized.
The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Senate is scheduled to vote in the coming days on a Democrat-led plan to extend the temporary additional subsidies that have lowered out-of-pocket costs for Affordable Care Act health plans.
New on Demand Episodes 12/9/25
Check out the most recent episodes now on-demand from Health Cent$, Healthcare IT Today, This Just In, News You Can Use and PopHealth Week.
HHS Unveils AI Strategy to Transform Agency Operations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its AI Strategy, the next phase of the Department’s transformative initiative to make artificial intelligence available to the federal workforce, integrating it across internal operations, research, and public health.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – November 2025
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of November that we think deserve sharing again.
This Week’s Highlights On Air
STARTING December 8: Tune in this week for these highlighted shows. Don’t miss new episodes of The Tate Chronicles, Value-Based Care Insights, PopHealth Week, This Just In, Health Stealth, Digital Health Talks, Trending NOW, Healthcare IT Today, and Health Cent$.
News & Updates
WEEKEND: Dec 13 – Dec 14 Check out what’s on this weekend marathon airings of your favorite shows. And get a sneak peek of what’s new next week on Healthcare de Jure and Talking the Walk. Catch up on your favorite shows.
AHRQ’s Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care has released a new suite of tools designed to make behavioral health integration more accessible, effective, and sustainable. These updated resources offer practical guidance, partnerships, and evidence-based strategies to help primary care teams strengthen whole-person care and better support patients’ mental health needs.
By Natalie Vaughn – While the holiday season can be a meaningful time to reconnect with loved ones and recharge, healthcare remains one of the few industries that doesn’t slow down. In fact, as many nurses can attest, holiday nursing stress can be especially challenging.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of Health Launchpad and HIMSS’ The Healthtech Marketing Show, Roetzel’s HealthLaw HotSpot, and Infinx’s Revenue Cycle Optimized.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Senate is scheduled to vote in the coming days on a Democrat-led plan to extend the temporary additional subsidies that have lowered out-of-pocket costs for Affordable Care Act health plans.
Check out the most recent episodes now on-demand from Health Cent$, Healthcare IT Today, This Just In, News You Can Use and PopHealth Week.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its AI Strategy, the next phase of the Department’s transformative initiative to make artificial intelligence available to the federal workforce, integrating it across internal operations, research, and public health.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of November that we think deserve sharing again.
STARTING December 8: Tune in this week for these highlighted shows. Don’t miss new episodes of The Tate Chronicles, Value-Based Care Insights, PopHealth Week, This Just In, Health Stealth, Digital Health Talks, Trending NOW, Healthcare IT Today, and Health Cent$.
As National Influenza Vaccination Week wraps up, it’s a good reminder that there’s still time to get protected against flu. This Friday Five highlights key updates for the current season and offers guidance on prevention and care.
January 20th, 2026 1pm – 5pm ET – This fourth annual half-day virtual summit sets the tone for the year ahead, offering a strategic look at how health systems can strengthen digital trust, integrate AI securely, and build enterprise-wide resilience.