Sword Health, a global AI care company focused on digital solutions for muscle and joint pain and pelvic health, has announced a $40 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation, led by General Catalyst, a US-based global investment firm.
US diagnostic imaging services and digital health solutions firm RadNet has announced it has acquired See-Mode Technologies, a global AI ultrasound imaging company, to become part of its current wholly owned subsidiary DeepHealth, a health informatics company specialising in AI.
TELUS Health, a health and wellbeing provider headquartered in Vancouver (operating under parent company TELUS Corporation), has announced the acquisition of Workplace Options, the world’s largest privately owned and independent global provider of integrated employee wellbeing solutions, supported by a strategic partnership with GTCR, a private equity investor with expertise in healthcare.
Northwest Healthcare REIT, a Canada-headquartered multinational listed healthcare REIT specialising in inpatient facilities, is issuing C$500 million (~$352 million) worth of bonds as part of its strategy to strengthen its balance sheet.
The anticipated Brookfield Asset Management takeover of Catalonia’s Grifols has gathered fresh momentum, with the firm reportedly in talks with banks to secure approximately €9.5 billion in debt financing towards the deal, according to Bloomberg sources. The Canadian investment firm is exploring the acquisition in partnership with the Grifols family, who hold a ~30% stake […]
Modern hospitals are incredibly complex, regularly chaotic, and often inefficient environments, despite efficiency and proper task sequencing being vital to delivering high-quality medical care and positive patient experiences. Workforce issues are beginning to bite harder across both public and private provider systems, driven by a growing deficit in medical professionals serving an expanding patient population. […]
The sale of fertility group Eugin’s has completed, with international KKR-owned fertility heavyweight IVI RMA taking over the North American side of the asset formerly owned by conglomerate Fresenius to bolster its already impressive fertility empire.
The opportunities afforded by advances in technology to assist with caring for the elderly are huge, but much of the focus remains on reactive tools. HBI speaks to Kelly Hudson, chief strategy officer of UK remote technology company Lilli to hear why the focus needs to be more on proactive solutions.
Healthcare conglomerate Fresenius has sold Eugin, its Spain-based fertility business, to KKR-owned fertility group IVI RMA and Spain-based asset management firm GED for €500m including earn-outs.
HBI speaks to Jim Kean, CEO of Molecular You, a North American start-up that does tests which analyse patients' proteins and metabolites (small molecules produced during metabolism) to predict what diseases they are at risk of having. Kean tells us that through the use of hundreds of biomarkers and with the help of AI, they are able to achieve a 98% predictive accuracy for certain conditions.
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