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Billionaire activist investor takes stake in Synlab as Cinven’s offer period ends

Billionaire activist investor Paul Singer has acquired a minority stake in pan-European diagnostic labs group Synlab, just before the deadline for shareholders to decide whether they want to sell to PE firm Cinven, which is trying to take the group private. Singer appears to agree with Synlab's board that Cinven's €10-per-share offer doesn't reflect the true long-term value of the company.
November 24, 2023

Dutch regulators clamping down on M&A

The Dutch competition authority is looking to expand its influence over the healthcare sector, having already attempted to block some smaller M&A deals. HBI speaks to Rune Aresvik, founder of Dutch consultancy firm Vardetun, to understand what tighter regulations could mean for operators in the region.
November 23, 2023

Interview: Jim Easton, CEO Practice Plus Group

Jim Easton is the CEO of Practice Plus Group, one of the UK’s major hospital operators. In June, HBI reported the group planned to offer a middle-market self-pay option – delivering elective surgeries like knee and hip replacements at around 75% of the usual price. Has the market's changing attitude to PMI shifted its focus?
November 23, 2023

German hospital market facing an uncertain future

The future of the German hospital market still hangs in the balance. As winter approaches and energy prices remain high, politicians still cannot agree on what to do about Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach’s proposed reforms - but whatever the outcome there are opportunities as well as challenges ahead.
November 17, 2023

EDG sale predicted for Q1 2024

Multiple sources tell HBI that Nordic Capital-owned multinational European Dental Group (EDG) will be back on the market in Q1 ’24. HBI also hears Mehilainen could be back in the shop window soon too.
November 17, 2023

Clariane to sell €1bn of assets and possibly exit Belgium and The Netherlands

Pan-European French elderly care giant Clariane (formerly Korian) plans to sell over €1bn worth of assets to help shore up its finances and get its debt-to-equity leverage ratio under 3x by 2025. Its Belgian and Dutch nursing homes are top of the list of potential assets to sell. A real estate investor with close connections to the company tells us this will involve the sale of the opco as well as the propco, but a Clariane spokesperson declined to confirm this for us.
November 17, 2023

Dutch dental deals have gone dry

It seems Dutch dentistry consolidation could be over before it had really begun, with a consultant source telling HBI the pool of top targets is drying up.
November 16, 2023

Ramsay Sime Darby sold to Columbia Asia for US$1.3bn

Multinational Asian hospital chain Columbia Asia is buying Ramsay Sime Darby, a rival SE Asian hospital chain, for US$1.3bn. This marks Australian hospital group Ramsay's exit from SE Asia, as well as Malaysian trading and logistics company Sime Darby Berhad's exit from health care.
November 16, 2023
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