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US PE firm Blue Owl buys 12 Spire hospitals, whilst Toscafund’s deadline for Spire buyout extended

US private equity firm Blue Owl has bought 12 hospital facilities operated by Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, from Malaysian public pension fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF). The deal was reportedly worth £1.3 billion (€1.5 billion). Meanwhile the buyout of Spire itself has been delayed.

July 9, 2026

CVC closes European mid-market PE fund Catalyst III at €3 billion

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has recently closed its European-focused mid-market private equity fund, Catalyst III, at around €3 billion ($3.4bn).

July 9, 2026

Apheon enters into exclusive negotiations to acquire Teknimed

European mid-market private equity firm Apheon has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in French medtech firm Teknimed from private equity firm Essling Capital.

July 9, 2026

FREE BLOG What does the US investigation into Germany mean for pharma?

The US has launched a Section 301 trade investigation into Germany's pharmaceutical pricing policies, arguing that Americans pay around four times more for branded medicines than patients in Germany. A public hearing is scheduled for September, and the investigation could lead to additional tariffs.

July 9, 2026

Top PE-backed hospital groups in EMEA- 2025 revenue

This week's infographic looks at the top 5 PE-backed hospital groups in EMEA by their 2025 revenues.

July 8, 2026

TPG creates European outpatient real estate platform from €400m worth of MOBs bought from Northwest

Private equity investor TPG has launched a specialist outpatient real estate investment platform to hold the €400 million worth of German and Dutch medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) it bought from Canada-based healthcare REIT Northwest in January, and acquire similar additional properties. The platform, called Arcura Medical Properties, will remain fully owned by TPG’s real estate investment branch (TPG Real Estate), but will operate “independently”, managed by Simon Betty as CEO, who formerly headed Northwest’s European branch, along with his team.

July 7, 2026

Smile Invest acquires BAP Medical

Private equity firm Smile Invest has acquired a majority stake in medical skincare provider BAP Medical, alongside management and founder Rob Hollweg. BAP Medical develops, produces and distributes medical devices for patients suffering from scars, burns, chronic skin conditions, allergies, hard-to-heal wounds and ENT conditions. Its portfolio includes Alhydran, widely used in burn centres, as well as BAPSCARCARE and Scarban for professional scar treatment.

July 2, 2026

STADA acquires 16 consumer health brands from Orifarm

German pharmaceutical company STADA has acquired 16 vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) brands from UK-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Orifarm, to boost its consumer health portfolio.

July 2, 2026

Northern Horizon continues to attract institutional capital to Nordic care real estate

Nordic healthcare real estate investor Northern Horizon (NH) has made €130 million worth of acquisitions across the three markets it invests in: Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Most of these are forward purchases of new builds being acquired from developers. Jannika Kankare, Northern Horizon’s Investment Director in Finland, tells us more such deals will be signed in the coming months.

July 2, 2026

Interview with HTEC’s Alfred Olivares on AI adoption in healthcare

US-based digital product development and consulting firm HTEC recently queried 253 C-level healthcare and life sciences executives across the US, UK, Germany, Spain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on how they are progressing with AI adoption. The ‘State of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences 2025-2026’ survey found that almost all healthcare firms are trying to adopt AI tools, but most are running into difficulty in scaling them. Alfred Olivares, Managing Partner (HLS) at HTEC, spoke to us about some of the biggest technical and organisational challenges which are hampering businesses.

July 2, 2026

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