Altaris Acquires Clarivate Life Sciences & Healthcare Segment

Altaris Acquires Clarivate’s Life Sciences & Healthcare Segment

July 6, 2026

Data & Analytics

Clarivate agreed to sell its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to Altaris for $600 million, with proceeds intended in part to reduce Clarivate’s debt. Altaris completed the acquisition on October 6, 2026; the business will operate independently under Altaris ownership and has approximately 2,300 employees across 22 countries.

Altaris Acquires Sharecare

June 25, 2024

Healthcare Services

Altaris, a healthcare-focused investment firm, agreed to acquire publicly traded digital health company Sharecare in a take-private transaction at $1.43 per share. The deal will take Sharecare private (stockholders approved the transaction) and positions the company to operate as a standalone portfolio company under Altaris to accelerate growth and product/service development.

Clarivate Plc Acquires Global QMS, Inc. (Global Q)

April 23, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Clarivate Plc has acquired Global QMS, Inc. (Global Q), a provider of cloud-based regulatory reporting and compliance SaaS for life sciences companies. The acquisition expands Clarivate's life sciences and healthcare capabilities by adding Global Q's Optiqs360 Digital platform and regulatory report authoring tools to Clarivate's data and workflow offerings; financial terms were not disclosed.

Clarivate Acquires Majority of MotionHall Assets

March 21, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

Clarivate Plc has agreed to acquire the substantial majority of assets, including IP, clients and team, from MotionHall, a Silicon Valley AI start-up focused on life sciences business development solutions. The asset purchase will accelerate Clarivate's Life Sciences & Healthcare strategy by integrating MotionHall's industry-vertical AI capabilities into products such as Cortellis and a new Business Development & Licensing Enterprise Workbench.

Clarivate Acquires ProQuest for $5.3 Billion

December 1, 2021

Software

Clarivate plc completed its acquisition of ProQuest, a global software, content, data and analytics provider for research and learning institutions, for $5.3 billion (including repayment of ProQuest debt). The deal was first announced in May 2021 and expands Clarivate’s research intelligence platform with ProQuest’s curated content and SaaS solutions.

Symantec Corporation Acquires Altiris Inc. for $830M

January 29, 2017

Software

Symantec Corporation agreed to acquire Altiris Inc. for approximately $830 million in cash ($33 per share) to expand its presence in the corporate software market. The deal, announced by Symantec, is expected to close in the second quarter pending regulatory and shareholder approvals and is intended to strengthen Symantec's enterprise management and IT asset-management capabilities.