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FREE BLOG HBI 2026: key highlights

Our team is preparing a detailed post-conference report covering all the sessions, but for now, here’s a quick roundup to wrap up the week and highlight some key takeaways. This year, we introduced a Life Sciences stream, spotlighting investment and innovation across pharma.

FREE BLOG HBI 2026 — Creating Value in Changing Times

The theme for HBI 2026, Creating Value in Changing Times, reflects the reality that, despite economic and geopolitical shifts, healthcare’s core mission remains the same: creating value for patients. That could mean improving access, outcomes, and experiences, cutting unnecessary costs, investing in technologies and processes that speed up diagnosis or treatment, focusing on prevention, and offering care that is both personal and holistic.

Healthcare Holding Schweiz buys stake in Alpin Orthodontics

Healthcare Holding Schweiz, a medtech and services firm backed by private equity firm KKA Partners and family office Winterberg Advisory, has acquired shares in Swiss orthodontic products and consumables provider Alpin Orthodontics AG. Founded in 1995, Alpin is the exclusive representative in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for several major international brands, including GC Orthodontics and Tiger […]

SHS Capital exits and reinvests in German speciality pharma AMW GmbH

Healthcare focused private equity firm SHS Capital has exited and reinvested in German speciality pharma company AMW GmbH, as part of a syndicate of investors including specialist investment firm Ren Life Sciences and global investment firm Juno Capital Partners.

EQT fully exits dermatology company Galderma

Swedish private equity firm EQT has fully exited Swiss pure-play dermatology company Galderma through a CHF 4.9 billion (~$6.21 billion) block trade. EQT and its co-investors, including sovereign wealth funds Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and GIC (Singapore), sold their remaining 14.3% stake (around 34 million shares). EQT VIII is expected to receive approximately CHF 1.3 billion (~$1.65 billion).

Simplified IT and sales processes key to accelerating AI adoption in imaging — DeepHeath’s Niccolo Stefani

US-based outpatient diagnostic imaging services provider RadNet has recently acquired French radiology AI company Gleamer in an all-cash transaction valued at €230 million (~$270 million). HBI spoke to Niccolo Stefani, Business Leader Population Health & Clinical AI, RadNet DeepHealth, about what this acquisition means for the AI platform and the overall adoption of AI in imaging.

Schön Klinik Group to exit the UK 

Schoen Klinik Group, Germany’s fourth-largest family-run hospital, is exiting the UK market, following a portfolio reconsideration. With this exit, Schoen Klinik will now focus primarily on its core market, Germany. 

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