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FutureLife expands Romanian footprint with Atentica deal

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 completes Regina Maria and MediGroup deals

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.

MidEuropa buys wheelchair CDMO and Croatian opticians’ chain

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.

Alcon fails to get enough STAAR Surgical shareholders to agree to takeover

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 buys SuanNutra from ARCHIMED

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.

Philips expands coronary imaging portfolio

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.

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