Vespa Capital, a UK private equity firm focused on lower mid-market investments, has invested in FibroFind, a contract research organisation that has a patented technology which enables testing to be carried out on human tissue rather than animals.
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Aedifica makes non-binding offer for Cofinimmo
Two of Europe’s biggest listed healthcare real estate investors could be set to merge.
May 2, 2025
Shares of listed veterinary groups jump up after UK CMA rules out forced divestments
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed measures to increase price transparency in the UK’s veterinary sector, and even suggested limited price controls. Shares of listed veterinary groups jumped up, however, as the proposed measures did not include much-feared forced asset sales.
May 1, 2025
How AI can reduce face-to-face appointments by 60+% — an interview with Richard Armitage, Ufonia
Ufonia is a UK digital health company that has developed an AI tool that can automate conversations which would normally take place with a clinician. In an interview with HBI, Richard Armitage, Ufonia’s new Commercial Director, explained the huge potential of this technology.
May 1, 2025
Bupa to open 200 new mental health centres globally
UK-based multinational health insurance and healthcare provider Bupa will open 200 new mental health clinics across the globe, as part of a drive towards providing more “holistic” care.
April 24, 2025
Chaos and opportunity — The impact of Trump’s trade war on Europe’s healthcare sector
Europe’s healthcare providers are less directly exposed to Donald Trump’s trade war than its med tech sector. But hospital and outpatient groups will still suffer. The severity of the pain will depend largely on the EU’s response to US tariffs, in particular the level and extent of possible counter tariffs. The EU could also be galvanised into better supporting innovation and R&D in its med tech and pharma sectors.
April 24, 2025
Spanish and Portuguese hospital groups show us the future of European private healthcare — Alberto Fernandez, Healthcare Activos
Like most healthcare REITs, Healthcare Activos is primarily focused on investing in nursing homes. But since 2018 it has begun investing in hospitals as well. In a conversation with HBI, Co-CEO Alberto Fernandez explained why the largely privately funded hospitals run by Spanish and Portuguese private hospital groups are much more attractive investment prospects than the equivalents in Bismarckian countries.
April 17, 2025
DomsuVi sells Mentalia to Spanish strategic buyer Neural
Pan-European French nursing home group DomusVi is selling Mentalia Salud, its Spanish mental health subsidiary, to Neural, a Spanish neurorehabilitation provider.
April 17, 2025
Oaktree begins debt restructuring of GenesisCare Australia
The Australian branch of bankrupt radiotherapy group GenesisCare is having its balance sheet restructured by its new owner, alternative asset manager and PE investor Oaktree Capital.
April 10, 2025
Bergman expands aesthetics business into Nordics with Nordiska Kliniken acquisition
Dutch healthcare group Bergman Clinics is expanding the aesthetics branch of its business into the Nordics. It has acquired Nordiska Kliniken, a plastic surgery clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, and plans to use this as a platform to grow its offering in the Nordics.
April 10, 2025
Assura rejects PHP bid in favour of KKR/Stonepeak offer
Listed UK healthcare REIT Assura will be bought out and taken off the stock market by US PE firms KKR and Stonepeak.
April 10, 2025
CUF expands outpatient and primary care provision with 12 new health centres
CUF, Portugal’s largest private hospital group by revenue, has opened 12 new outpatient health centres in the Greater Lisbon area, to “provide a care response closer to where people live and work”.
