FutureLife Group, a pan-European provider of IVF and genetics services co-owned by Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Central Europe-based Hartenberg Holding, has acquired Romania-based Atentica Fertility Clinic.
Mehiläinen, Finland’s largest private healthcare company, has completed its acquisitions of Regina Maria, Romania’s largest private healthcare group, and its sister company MediGroup in Serbia, after receiving all required regulatory and investor approvals. Both deals have now formally closed.
Central European private equity firm MidEuropa has acquired MBL Group, Europe’s largest contract research and development organisation (CDMO) focused on assisted mobility devices, and has also acquired Optika Anda, Croatia’s largest optical retail chain.
German imaging services operator Beyond Imaging (formerly Medneo) is ditching the incumbent European imaging machine suppliers in favour of their Chinese competitor, United Imaging.
Implantable lenses maker STAAR Surgical and Alcon, the world’s largest ophtha device manufacturer, have terminated the merger agreement between them after STAAR failed to get enough of its shareholders to agree to sell. This means STAAR will not be bought out by Alcon and will continue to trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange as its own company.
Carbyne Equity Partners, a German private equity firm, has acquired SuanNutra, a division of the Spanish company Suanfarma that makes and supplies ingredients for the pharmaceutical, veterinary and nutritional sectors. The business was bought from French private equity firm ARCHIMED.
Dutch multinational company Philips has agreed to acquire US medtech firm SpectraWAVE, strengthening its image-guided therapy business and expanding its presence in the coronary intervention segment.
A Philips spokesperson told HBI that the deal aligns with the company’s continued focus on minimally invasive, image-guided therapy.
2025 has been a year of gradual recovery for healthcare investments in Europe, according to Elizabeth Todd, Partner and Co-Lead, European Private Equity Transactions Practice at the global law firm Ropes & Gray.
Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica has agreed to acquire Signifeye, a Belgian ophthalmology network with 15 eye centres and clinics. The acquisition will expand EssilorLuxottica’s eye care presence in Europe.
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