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Advent rumoured to explore sale of Vitaldent to insurance groups

Advent International, an American global private equity firm, is reportedly exploring a sale of Donte Group, the Spanish dental clinic chain that owns Vitaldent, Moonz, Symsecret, and Maex.

March 20, 2025

Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance to be acquired by Sycamore Partners

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail company and US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain with locations across the UK and Ireland, is to be taken over by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm.

March 13, 2025

UK REITs Assura and Care REIT both being bought out by US investors

Two of the UK’s largest listed specialist healthcare real estate investors are being bought out and taken private by US investors. Assura looks as though it is about to accept a fifth offer from US private equity firm KKR. Care REIT (formerly Impact Healthcare REIT) has accepted a takeover offer from US care home REIT CareTrust.

March 13, 2025

Unicorn Flo Health to acquire startups and expand into new health verticals

Unicorn femtech Flo Health, a period tracker, ovulation tracker and pregnancy app, is looking for startups to acquire to help expand into new health verticals and increase revenue following a $200 million raise from US investor General Atlantic in August.

March 12, 2025

Innovation in healthcare and producing “Predictable Winners” — in conversation with Stuart Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg of L.E.K. Consulting

Stuart Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg of L.E.K. Consulting are on a mission to demystify the process of innovation. In an exclusive interview ahead of their breakfast session at HBI 2025, the authors of the forthcoming book “Predictable Winners” share insights on why so many innovations fail, and how healthcare organisations can fire up what they […]

March 6, 2025

GE HealthCare invests $138 million in Ireland to meet rising ICM global demand

The US-based med tech giant GE HealthCare is investing $138 million to expand its contrast media manufacturing site in Cork. Iodinated contrast media (ICM) are injectable diagnostic agents which enhance the visibility of organs, blood vessels, and tissues during X-rays and CT scans, playing a key role in diagnosing conditions like cancer and heart disease.

February 6, 2025

Sword Health acquires Surgery Hero to expand UK presence and help ease NHS pressure

Sword Health, a global AI care company focused on digital solutions for muscle and joint pain and pelvic health, has acquired Surgery Hero, a UK-based prehabilitation digital health company.

January 30, 2025

76% plan to increase dealmaking in healthcare and life sciences in 2025, according to report

KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, has published its annual Healthcare & Life Sciences Investment Outlook, exploring 2024 and the year ahead, revealing deal volumes are expected to grow while valuations are also anticipated to rise.

January 20, 2025

AXA launches new all-in-one holistic app

AXA Global Healthcare, offering cross-border health insurance to businesses and private individuals, has announced the launch of its all-in-one holistic app. Hallmarked “Healthcare without borders”, it integrates healthcare, insurance, and personalised wellbeing features in one place. While AXA says wellbeing has always been one of its priorities, this marks its first product-led step into the sector and preventative health space (and first app entirely).

January 17, 2025

Which healthtech sectors are mature enough to be of interest to private equity?

The year ahead will undoubtedly bring a plethora of new opportunities for PE. And one area we’re seeing exciting new activity in is healthtech. We spoke with Thomas Hagemeijer, once of global management consulting firm AT Kearney, and then digital consultancy TLGG as healthcare lead, about the Private Equity in healthcare landscape, which sectors are reaching maturity, and the challenges of driving healthcare innovation without risking care quality.

January 10, 2025

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