The Dutch competition authority has halted homecare operator Mediq's acquisition of Gimv-owned Eurocept and Excellent Clinics. The parties must now apply for a permit if they want to proceed with the acquisition.
Orpea, Europe's second largest nursing home group by revenue, has agreed to buy Irish group FirstCare in a purchase reportedly worth more than €100 million. Orpea will become the largest private care home operator in Ireland by bed number.
The Danish regions have collectively tendered more than €250m worth of homecare services since the beginning of the year. Municipalities are finally shrugging off a hostile approach to for-profit healthcare, which HBI understands is driven by a desire to avoid further bankruptcies in the sector.
The Swedish primary care sector is seeing a buying spree as big groups emerge. The future of primary healthcare in Sweden will involve a mixture of digital and face-to-face services and all major providers will operate a hybrid business model combining the two, says Nick Johansson, CEO of provider Medtanken, which was formed out of a recent large merger. HBI speaks to him to find out why.
Large French hospital groups continue to buy up smaller players. Vivalto Santé and Almaviva Santé, the country's third and fourth-largest players, respectively, have both struck deals in the past week.
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui is considering a buyout and de-listing of IHH Healthcare, the $13.4bn-valued pan-Asian hospital operator in which it holds a 32% stake, according to reports. Its share price has declined in the last five years amidst perennial problems in Turkey and India.
Europe's largest lab group Synlab continues to see huge COVID-19 driven growth with organic revenue doubling and EBITDA quadrupling in the first quarter. 92% of that growth came from COVID-19 testing.
Nicolas Weber, CEO of German imaging group medneo, says that the company has had "a great market entry" to the UK. He expects more national openings as demand for imaging soars post-COVID.
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