In an unusual move, three public hospitals in the Liguria region of Italy are under review to be potentially privatised. A decision is expected on 15 May.
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Thai hospital operator looks to raise US$25m-US$30m for expansion
Thai hospital operator Bangpakok Hospital Group (BHG) is rumoured to be in the process of raising a minimum of US$25m-US$30m to fund expansion in Thailand and internationally.
February 10, 2017
FREE BLOG Why is Italy attracting large European diagnostics groups?
In the past two months, SYNLAB, Cerba, Alliance Medical and LifeBrain, four major diagnostic service providers, have strengthened their presence in Italy through the acquisitions of small laboratory/imaging networks. But what is so attractive about Italy?
February 8, 2017
European labs turn to Italy
European laboratory services providers SYNLAB and Cerba are strengthening their position in Italy through the acquisitions of two medical centres networks in the north, in a race to become the main consolidator in the region.
February 8, 2017
MedLife buys Bucharest clinic operator Anima
Romanian healthcare services provider MedLife is buying Bucharest operator Anima, a group of six clinics providing outpatient services to public, private and corporate patients. We speak to Anima’s CEO Cristian Sas.
February 7, 2017
Spanish eating disorders specialist ITA changes hands and looks to LATAM
Spanish private equity house Magnum Capital has bought a majority stake in eating disorder specialist ITA in Barcelona last November.
February 2, 2017
Who is buying Atlas Healthcare?
Atlas Healthcare, which runs two hospitals in Oman, is reportedly about to be taken over by a UAE-based operator for OMR10m (US$26m).
February 1, 2017
IEO’s clinical management committee against San Donato-Humanitas takeover – but shareholders yet to decide
The clinical and administrative management committees at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO), which received a joint takeover offer from Italy's largest private hospital operators San Donato and Humanitas last week, have said no to the offer. IEO's shareholders, however, have yet to make a decision.
February 1, 2017
San Donato and Humanitas make €300m joint offer for the European Institute of Oncology
Italian private hospital operators San Donato and Humanitas have made a €300m joint offer to acquire the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) and its Monzino Cardiology Centre in Milan.
January 31, 2017
FREE BLOG What now for Cerba?
The fate of French laboratory network Cerba is finally determined – as owners PAI Partners agree to sell the group to private equity firm Partners Group and pension fund PSP. So what will happen to Cerba now that it changes hands?
January 27, 2017
Plan to sell Bridgepoint-backed French clinic means more regional consolidation in France
Groupe C2S, a hospital network in Eastern France backed by private equity house Bridgepoint, is in negotiations to sell its Bordeaux clinic – its only asset located outside of its core regional market – to central France-based hospital operator Groupe Saint-Gatien, before summer 2017.
January 26, 2017
Swiss investor Aevis Victoria launches takeover for telehealth group LifeWatch
Switzerland-based healthcare investor Aevis Victoria is launching a public takeover offer for SIX-listed Israeli telemedicine firm LifeWatch. The integration of LifeWatch would make telemedicine Aevis’s second biggest segment.
