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3i buys into discount gym sector

3i has invested €110m in Basic-Fit, which runs 200 discount gyms aross Benelux, Spain and France. The group is part of a new generation of gyms, which are one-third to half the price of the traditional players.
December 6, 2013

Medical Properties plans more deals in Europe

Medical Properties Trust (MPT), the US healthcare REIT specialising in hospital property, is scouring Northern and Western Europe for deals, following its purchase of the property portfolio of RHM Kliniken. We take a look at its strategy.
November 20, 2013

Korian/Medica merger to create new care giant

Europe's - and, by some measures, the world’s - largest nursing home group, with pro-forma 2012 sales of €2.2bn, 57,000 beds and 600 units, has been formed by the planned merger of French giants Medica and Korian. What are the real synergies between the companies, and what will be the merged group’s strategy? We take a look, while Korian CEO Yann Coleou, who will be the CEO of the merged group, is speaking at the annual Healthcare Europa conference on March 13, 2014.
November 18, 2013

Interview: Dag Andersson, CEO, Diaverum

With close to 300 dialysis centres in 19 countries, Diaverum's Dag Andersson claims to run “the most global healthcare service in the world”. The company is majority-owned by private equity house Bridgepoint, which hired JP Morgan in January 2013 to review the company's strategic options. We speak to Andersson about Diaverum's future.
November 18, 2013

Landlord to evict Biomnis

On top of all of its prior problems, troubled French reference lab group Biomnis, now owned by private equity group Ardian, faces the loss of its Lyons premises. The group - which, together with Cerba, is one of the two big traditional French lab chains - is going through a painful restructuring at its Paris and Lyons sites, and is narrowly avoiding bankruptcy at the end of 2012.
November 8, 2013

DomusVI for sale

DomusVI, the second-largest French nursing home chain, is to be sold in early 2014, say reliable sources. We take a look at the potential deal.
October 25, 2013

Ramsay Healthcare to buy Medipsy

Ramsay Healthcare looks set to more than double its number of beds in France with the proposed acquisition of Medipsy, the psychiatric arm of Generale de Santé, France’s largest hospital chain. French labour laws have forced the two to reveal that Ramsay currently has the exclusive right to buy the company. So: is Ramsay picking up a snip?
October 21, 2013

French biologistes’ market faces big change

The French lab space is in for some big changes. Still, it should be possible to continue to turn a profit, contradictory to a recent report from the Cour des Comptes. Keen observers offer real insight as to what is happening at ground level.
October 14, 2013
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