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PAI exclusive for Domus Vi

Private equity house PAI has entered an exclusive period to buy DomusVi, the big French nursing home group.
June 11, 2014

Cerba to buy JS Bio Selas

Franco-Belgian lab chain Cerba European Lab, where PAI has a majority stake, has carried out a bond issue to buy French regional lab chain JS Bio Selas. Meanwhile it has denied rumours that its Luxembourgoise lab Laboratoires Ketterthill is for sale. We look at the price it has paid and at Cerba’s European strategy.
May 30, 2014

IPOs beckon as private equity loses its appetite

There are plenty of indications that private equity is running scared of overpaying for healthcare service assets. This could lead to a spate of IPOs. The big buyers this spring have been stock market quoted groups.
May 30, 2014

Vedici hospital chain set to be sold to CVC

Vedici, the 3i-owned French hospital chain reaching out from Paris to the west coast, is in exclusive talks to be bought by private equity house CVC. This follows its failure to agree to merger terms with Medi-Partenaires, which is now forming the second largest hospital chain through a merger with Medipole.
May 26, 2014

Report: Dentistry in Europe

Web-empowered, patient choice, the retreat of state payors, internationalization - what is happening in dentistry will happen in other healthcare service sectors soon. So it is a sector that is worth watching closely. In this, the first part of a 2 part report, we look at how dentistry markets in Europe are changing, look at business models and track consolidation, naming the major players country-by-country. How is the market set to change?
May 22, 2014

Ramsay Santé to buy Generale de Sante

As first revealed exclusively here in early April 2014, Ramsay Healthcare plans to buy control of Generale de Sante, the largest French hospital operator in a bid which values the company at €910m. What do analysts make of the deal?
May 15, 2014

Bridgepoint creates second largest French hospital group

As forecast here, regional French hospital chain Medipole is to merge with Medi-Partenaires, in a reverse takeover which will create the second largest chain in France with sales of around €1.1bn. Private equity house Bridgepoint is behind the deal. But why would anyone want to invest in the French hospital market?
May 2, 2014
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