AXA and Microsoft have launched an ambitious and innovative digital healthcare platform that is already live in Italy and Germany with other major European countries to follow over the next six months.
EQT is buying two of Germany's largest radiology companies by revenue, Meine Radiologie and Blikk, with the intention of combining them to create the country's largest group by revenue.
Four in ten of Germany's for-profit hospitals ran a deficit in 2020, up from one in ten the year before. The survey of Germany's 600 largest hospitals paints a grim outlook across the for-profit, non-profit and public sectors alike, as half expect liquidity and further sales crashes through the next year.
Synlab says its revenues will grow 20-25% this year, upping guidance from 17%, as the COVID-19 related tailwind shows no sign of dissipating. It expects to hit up to €3.3bn of sales.
The fragmented German radiotherapy market is starting to pique the interest of private equity, as many doctors reach retirement age. Pan-EU platform MedEuropa has acquired a three-centre group in the northwest, and CEO Ralph Hefti tells HBI that its model of co-investing alongside doctors is likely to win out consolidation efforts.
M&A is picking up in the European imaging sector this week with Affidea and Naxicap buying big in Italy and Switzerland, respectively, and a top-five German imaging group reportedly in the middle of a sales process.
The ophthalmic services M&A market is heating up across Europe as investors envisage a largely COVID-free 2022. HBI has been speaking to operators to find out the latest on known deals and rumours circulating at the moment.
Private equity firm Armira has just acquired German elder care service provider Onesta. We talk to an industry expert about Armira’s future, and its new model of elder care.
Hospital admissions for A&E patients have not yet returned to their pre-Covid levels in Western Europe, despite significant increases in attendance since January this year.
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