UK retirement living groups Audley and Elysian are merging, creating the UK’s largest retirement living provider with a market share of around 20%. We spoke to Nick Sanderson, Audley’s Chief Executive, about the reasons for the merger, and the challenges and opportunities in the UK’s retirement village sector.
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Portuguese competition authority investigates CUF’s acquisition of HPA
Portugal’s competition authority (AdC) is investigating the acquisition by CUF, the largest private hospital group in the country by revenue, of Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA), the fifth largest private hospital group in the country by revenue.
July 24, 2025
Numan raises $60m
UK-based digital health company Numan has raised €60 million (~€51 million) of venture funding to continue scaling up its weight loss and men’s health telehealth services.
July 24, 2025
Interview with Maximilian Peschel (Silver Mountain Capital and Artemed SE) on hospital privatisations in China
Maximilian Peschel has been based in China since April 2025, working for Chinese healthcare investment firm Silver Mountain Group and German hospital group Artemed SE on a hospital privatisation project in Chongqing. In an interview with HBI, he discussed the project, and the challenges and opportunities for foreign investors looking to enter China’s hospital sector.
July 24, 2025
European healthcare real estate investment bounces back, bolstered by US investors
The bounce-back of investment into European healthcare real estate that many investors and analysts in the sector were predicting for 2025 looks to be materialising. Data from multiple advisory firms shows a 50% increase in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024.
July 17, 2025
Advent sells Donte to OTPP for €1bn
Donte Group (formerly Vitaldent), Spain’s largest dental chain, has been sold by US PE firm Advent to Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), for €1 billion. OTPP tells us the plan is to continue growing the group within the Spanish dental market organically, and work with Donte to consider “selective” M&A opportunities.
July 17, 2025
Aedifica shareholders back merger with Cofinimmo
Aedifica and Cofinimmo, two of Europe’s biggest listed healthcare-focused REITs, are one step closer to merging and becoming Europe’s largest healthcare real estate investor, after a majority of Aedifica’s shareholders gave their approval to the board’s proposal to acquire Cofinimmo.
July 15, 2025
China bans EU medical device imports in tit-for-tat move
China has responded tit-for-tat against the EU’s decision to ban China from selling medical devices to EU governments, barring EU medical device producers from selling to Chinese government hospitals.
July 10, 2025
Bupa agrees to pay A$35m to Australians whose claims it wrongly rejected
British multinational health insurer Bupa has been forced by Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission to pay A$35 million (~$23 million USD) to Australian insurance customers whose claims for hospital care it wrongly rejected.
July 10, 2025
UK CMA investigating Assura/PHP merger
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the proposed merger between Assura and Primary Healthcare Properties (PHP), two listed UK REITs focused on primary care assets.
July 10, 2025
Interview: Dr Andrew Whiteley, Lexacom
Lexacom is a UK-based company that provides AI-based scribe tools for clinicians to automate note-taking. This is a space with a lot of competition at the moment, with a lot of venture capital money funding new startups. However, with 25 years of experience under its belt, Lexacom has managed to achieve a dominant position in the UK market. HBI spoke to Dr Andrew Whiteley, the company’s founder, about what differentiates Lexacom from its numerous competitors, the NHS’ recent decision to require scribes to be certified as medical devices, and Lexacom’s growing international presence.
July 10, 2025
HBI Deals+Insights briefing July 2025: Intelligence members
Click here to see your Deals+Insights July 2025 edition. July’s edition includes coverage of several major on-going healthcare M&A deals: Spanish fertility chain IVI RMA’s acquisition of UAE-based Art Fertility Clinics, Indian hospital chain Manipal Hospitals’ acquisition of regional competitor Sahyadri, the sale of consumer genetics company 23andMe, and the merger of Assura and PHP, […]
