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Carlyle acquires Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM

US private equity firm Carlyle has acquired a majority stake in two healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) platforms: Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM. The investment is being made through Carlyle Asia Partners VI and Carlyle Asia Partners Growth II.

KKR and GIC struggling to sell Filipino hospital chain Metro Pacific for $3 billion

The sale process for Filipino hospital chain Metro Pacific Hospital Group has stalled due to price misalignment. US private equity firm KKR and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC haven't managed to sell their joint 80% stake at the $3 billion + valuation they were targeting in 2024. The two main interested parties, US private equity firms TPG and Blackstone, think the roughly 20x multiple is far too high. HBI hears one of the bids came in as low as $2 billion.

Asia’s largest dialysis chain NephroPlus to IPO

Indian dialysis chain NephroPlus is to become a listed company. The group has filed a draft red herring prospectus with India’s capital markets regulatory body, the Securities and Exchange Board of India. 

FREE BLOG Standout themes from HBI’s Asia report

We’re about to release a Special Report on healthcare investment in Asia. The report offers a comprehensive overview of the dynamics, trends and opportunities in the healthcare markets of eight hugely important countries in the region: China, India, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. 

HBI News Round Up, Friday 23rd August 2024

In this HBI News Round Up we cover Hallo Healthcare Group’s exit from the healthcare services sector, Genesis MedTech’s sale of its subsidiary, JC Medical Inc to Edwards Lifesciences, biopharmaceutical company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals obtaining of a licence for CASGEVY in the UK, disease risk detection and preventative health company, Nightingale Health’s attaining of UK Conformity […]

CVC Capital acquires major stake in Indonesia’s Siloam Hospitals, signalling rising PE interest in Southeast Asia healthcare

CVC Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, has acquired an additional 45% stake in Indonesia's chain of multi speciality hospitals, Siloam Hospitals, from the country’s conglomerate Lippo Karawaci for 16.6 trillion rupiah ($1 billion), making CVC the majority shareholder. This transaction, involving 5.85 billion shares, was announced on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

Far East Drug Co. acquires majority stake in Singapore’s Fullerton Health

Fullerton Health Corporation Limited (Fullerton Health), a multinational occupational health care provider in the Asia-Pacific region, confirmed on Tuesday that pharmaceutical company Far East Drug (B.V.I.) Co. Ltd (FED) is acquiring a significant stake in the Singapore-headquartered group.

Quadria investing $1.5bn into South and SE Asia

Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital is set to inject $1.5bn worth of healthcare investments into South and South East Asian countries over the next two to three years. In line with growing trends, India stands to win big, earmarked to receive roughly 50% of the investment.

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