Posted on September 12, 2008 at 8:20 PM
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Below are the candidate companies in the healthcare sector for the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers survey. They were determined statistically, and represent a roll-call of the most transaction-intensive large companies in the sector.

We screened for the companies in the sector that closed the highest number and dollar value of acquisitions and divestitures between January 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008. The selection formula also recognized companies for doing a high dollar volume of deals compared to their market capitalizations on the start date. To be included, companies had to have a market cap of $5 billion or more on the closing date of the study period.

To see a list of the company's deals in the period, click on the company's name.

To participate in the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers Survey, go to www.thedeal.com/cdsurvey

Healthcare sector market caps
Market cap	($mill.)	% change
1/1/05	$2,167,518	3.8%
6/30/08	2,249,826
Total aggregate Market Cap numbers reflect all U.S. based public healthcare companies trading on primary U.S. exchanges with Market Cap values on both 1/1/2005 AND 6/30/08

Company	No. buys	Total value buys ($mill.)	No. sells	Total value sells ($mill.)	Total no. deals	Total value deals ($mill.)	Market cap ($mill.)
							1/1/05	6/30/08	Total value deals as a % of market cap 1/1/05	% change in market cap
Boston Scientific Corp.	3	$26,977	3	$1,195	6	$28,172	$30,021	$18,389	93.8%	-39%
Pfizer Inc.	8	5,051	1	16,600	9	21,651	202,508	118,188	10.7	-42
Johnson & Johnson	6	19,389	3	34	9	19,423	188,213	181,322	10.3	-4
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	7	13,622	1	53	8	13,674	4,829	23,307	283.2	383
Unitedhealth Group Inc.	4	11,355	2	250	6	11,606	57,539	32,253	20.2	-44
Abbott Laboratories	4	8,816	2	356	6	9,171	72,652	81,748	12.6	13
Hologic Inc.	6	7,093			6	7,093	570	5,578	1,243.5	878
Cardinal Health Inc.	4	2,088	4	3,316	8	5,404	25,125	18,407	21.5	-27
Medtronic Inc.	7	4,397	2	7	9	4,405	60,037	58,231	7.3	-3
Quest Diagnostics Inc.	6	3,773			6	3,773	9,670	9,443	39.0	-2
Sources: Standard & Poor's Capital IQ, The Deal

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