Survey Finds 2020 Elections May Impact Healthcare Investment Outlook
KPMG, a firm that provides business solutions and audit, tax, and advisory services, released the results of its Health Care & Life Sciences Investment Outlook survey. The survey finds that healthcare and life sciences investment professionals believe the volume of deals will grow in most sectors in 2020 compared to last year. However, they also believe that upcoming elections could impact the investment outlook.
Nearly half of investors surveyed anticipate that the 2020 election could have a potentially negative impact on investment activity in healthcare (48%) and life sciences (47%). Only 19% of investors surveyed expect the election leading to increased investment in healthcare, and 13% of investors surveyed said the same for life sciences.
Read the full report here.
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