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HBI 2026: Disrupting traditional models of care

Healthcare systems across Europe are under sustained pressure from ageing populations, chronic disease, staff shortages, and rising patient expectations. Traditional care models are struggling to keep up. At the same time, digital health and AI are advancing rapidly. The core challenge is not a lack of innovation, but overcoming barriers to scaling solutions across fragmented healthcare systems.

US CDMO Alcami acquires Netherlands-based Tjoapack

US-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) Alcami Corp, backed by private equity firms GHO Capital, The Vistria Group and Ampersand Capital Partners, is acquiring Netherlands-based contract packaging firm Tjoapack.

HBI 2026: AI as a value creation lever; Case studies from diagnostics

Implementation of AI is more advanced in diagnostic imaging than any other part of healthcare. Two imaging providers presented case studies to illustrate how it is being used and providing immense benefits at HBI’s 2026 conference, in a session entitled ‘AI as a value creation lever: Case studies from diagnostics’.

Sun Pharma acquires US-based Organon

Sun Pharmaceutical, India’s largest drug maker by revenue, has agreed to acquire US-listed Organon, which has a portfolio of therapies and products in women’s health, biosimilars and established medicines, for an enterprise value of $11.7 billion. This marks the largest overseas acquisition by an Indian pharmaceutical company to date.

Astorg acquires Thermo Fisher microbiology unit for $1bn

Pan-European private equity firm Astorg is acquiring American medical device maker Thermo Fisher Scientific’s microbiology business for around $1 billion. Astorg plans to run the business as a standalone platform, focusing on organic growth, selective M&A, and operational improvements.

M42 expands in Brazil via Diaverum

Abu Dhabi-based tech-enabled healthcare conglomerate M42 has expanded its presence in Brazil by acquiring four renal clinics from São Paulo-based Lund Group. The acquisition is being done via Swedish multinational dialysis group Diaverum, which M42 has owned since 2023.

TEC becomes joint owner of Quadrivio’s CareHub

The Equity Club (TEC), Italian international banking group Mediobanca’s club deal investment platform, has co-invested in a €50 million capital increase for Italian outpatient diagnostics provider CareHub, owned by private equity firm Quadrivio Group since 2024 via its Silver Economy Fund. Quadrivio and TEC will now co-own the operator. We spoke to Dario Di Iorio, Senior Investment Director at Quadrivio’s Silver Economy Fund, about the deal and the wider opportunity in Italy’s rapidly expanding private outpatient market.

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