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PE-backed healthcare services lag in cybersecurity, new findings reveal

Private equity-backed healthcare providers are increasingly lagging in cybersecurity, creating risks to financial stability, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience, according to a new report by Clearwater Security. The US-based healthcare compliance and cyber risk management firm identified significant cybersecurity weaknesses across different healthcare sectors. Here are the findings summarised: Pharmaceutical companies ranked the lowest, struggling […]

March 20, 2025

Healthscope up for sale — how attractive is the Australian healthcare market to private investors and insurers?

Brookfield Business Partners, the Canadian investment firm, is reportedly looking to sell Healthscope, Australia’s second-largest hospital chain, as the healthcare provider grapples with financial distress. Among the potential bidders are private equity firms Pacific Equity Partners, Bain Capital, and HMC Capital.

March 20, 2025

Ambea acquires Finnish care group Validia

Scandinavian care provider Ambea has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finnish care provider Validia Oy from Invalidiliitto, the Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities.

March 13, 2025

Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance to be acquired by Sycamore Partners

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail company and US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain with locations across the UK and Ireland, is to be taken over by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm.

March 13, 2025

Asker Healthcare eyes IPO

Asker Healthcare Group, the pan-European medical products and solutions provider, has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering (IPO) and to list its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm.

March 13, 2025

UK REITs Assura and Care REIT both being bought out by US investors

Two of the UK’s largest listed specialist healthcare real estate investors are being bought out and taken private by US investors. Assura looks as though it is about to accept a fifth offer from US private equity firm KKR. Care REIT (formerly Impact Healthcare REIT) has accepted a takeover offer from US care home REIT CareTrust.

March 13, 2025

Investor interest in India’s healthcare soars as Temasek, EQT, and KKR eye stake in Sahyadri Hospitals

Sahyadri Hospitals, the largest private hospital chain in the Indian state of Maharashtra, has attracted interest from multiple investors, including Singapore’s Temasek, Sweden’s EQT, and US-based KKR, as well as the top hospital groups Manipal Hospitals and IHH Healthcare.

March 13, 2025

Unicorn Flo Health to acquire startups and expand into new health verticals

Unicorn femtech Flo Health, a period tracker, ovulation tracker and pregnancy app, is looking for startups to acquire to help expand into new health verticals and increase revenue following a $200 million raise from US investor General Atlantic in August.

March 12, 2025

Portugal announces public-private partnerships for five hospitals, but political uncertainty casts doubt

March, so far, has been a busy month in Portugal’s private hospital sector. Last Friday, Portugal’s government announced plans to convert five hospitals — Braga, Amadora-Sintra, Vila Franca de Xira, Loures, and Garcia de Orta — into public-private partnerships (PPPs). "This is a historic decision," said António Leitão Amaro, Minister of the Presidency, at a […]

March 12, 2025

House of Lords vote to exempt social care providers from national insurance rise

At the end of last month, members of the UK’s House of Lords supported a Lib Deb amendment to the National Insurance Contributions Bill to exempt social care providers from the planned increase.

March 6, 2025

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