- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
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Oracle Corp. is in talks to buy electronic-medical-records company Cerner Corp. , according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that could be worth around $30 billion and push the enterprise-software giant further into healthcare.
An agreement could be finalized soon, some of the people said, assuming the talks don’t fall apart or drag out. Should a deal come together, it would rank as the biggest ever for Oracle, which has a market value of more than $280 billion.
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Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner designs software that hospitals and doctors use to store and analyze medical records and other healthcare data. It has a market value of around $23 billion. With a typical takeover premium, a deal would be expected to value the company at something like $30 billion, though exact terms being discussed couldn’t be learned.
Oracle, a Silicon Valley veteran that…
