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Interview: Julien Samson, CEO, Groupe Maisons de Famille

Julien Samson, recently appointed CEO of the European care homes group Groupe Maisons de Famille, has some creative ideas on how to manage the business. In the face of industry-wide criticism and concern following hard-hitting headlines about rivals Orpea and Korian, he still believes the industry can find ways to cope with the persistent pandemic, the energy crisis and inflationary recession.

KKR may switch to private credit to finance IVI RMA takeover

Facing an increasingly volatile market, American buyout / investment firm KKR may switch to direct lenders to finance its acquisition of fertility company IVI RMA Global, despite agreeing €800m of underwritten financing from four investment banks.

3R buys in Switzerland and looks at France

Naxicap-owned imaging group 3R Réseau Radiologique Romand has bought IRIS Radiologie and is eyeing up France. Germany and Italy are also possibles, HBI hears.

Vitaldent acquisition shows shift to aesthetics

Spanish / Italian dentistry network VitalDent has incorporated its latest acquisition, 73 clinics previously owned by Smysecret. The acquisition marks a deliberate move to aesthetics targeting the 18-35 age group and adds significantly to its burgeoning business.

Althea to be sold to Inframedica Sarl

Private equity firm Permira has agreed to sell healthcare equipment service provider Althea to oncology platform Inframedica Sarl, which is owned by infrastructure investors F2i and DWS.

European nursing homes – a five market comparison

This week we take a closer look at how the elderly residential nursing home market stacks up, specifically in five major European markets - France, Spain, Germany, Italy and UK. Here we compare the total, and for profit and public/not-for-profit market revenues, and look at where the international operators have the largest revenues. These figures are a snapshot of the position based on revenues in 2020 taken from our nursing homes reports in HBI Intelligence and the operator database.

Affidea deal – underbidders and EBITDA

HBI hears that the surprise buyer of European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) may not have been the highest bidder, despite winning out. HBI considers who else was in the running, and the EBITDA figure that may have been used for the deal.

Affidea bought by Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (“GBL”) has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea from B-FLEXION, the private investment firm of the Switzerland-based billionaire Bertarelli family. GBL will invest up to €1bn of equity for the transaction which is its first substantive healthcare investment.

For-profit dentistry consolidation in Europe

This week, we look at the extent to which the for-profit dentistry market is consolidated in five major European countries – France, Germany, UK, Spain and Italy. These figures are a snapshot of the position based on revenues in 2020 taken from HBI Intelligence - and show why interest in dentistry is so high.

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