The first phase of ‘Saudization’ in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare sector is now underway, effective from 17 April. Saudization is a government policy to increase the number of Saudi nationals employed and reduce the reliance on expats in the workforce.
Europe’s healthcare providers are less directly exposed to Donald Trump’s trade war than its med tech sector. But hospital and outpatient groups will still suffer. The severity of the pain will depend largely on the EU’s response to US tariffs, in particular the level and extent of possible counter tariffs. The EU could also be galvanised into better supporting innovation and R&D in its med tech and pharma sectors.
Generali Investments, a platform of asset management firms with €645.2 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2024) together with Partners Group, a Swiss-based global private equity firm, are launching a new private credit secondaries fund. The launch of Generali Investments' ‘Private Credit Secondaries Fund’ signals not only the growing maturity of the private credit market but also its strategic importance for sectors like healthcare.
US diagnostic imaging services and digital health solutions firm RadNet has announced it will acquire the Nasdaq-listed, AI-powered, breast health solutions company iCAD to become part of its current wholly owned subsidiary DeepHealth, a health informatics company specialising in AI.
Healthtech was the strongest sector for investment in the first quarter of 2025 in the UK, with startups receiving $1.8bn, according to an HSBC report.
Like most healthcare REITs, Healthcare Activos is primarily focused on investing in nursing homes. But since 2018 it has begun investing in hospitals as well. In a conversation with HBI, Co-CEO Alberto Fernandez explained why the largely privately funded hospitals run by Spanish and Portuguese private hospital groups are much more attractive investment prospects than the equivalents in Bismarckian countries.
Pan-European French nursing home group DomusVi is selling Mentalia Salud, its Spanish mental health subsidiary, to Neural, a Spanish neurorehabilitation provider.
Private equity firms Bridgepoint, Cinven, TDR Capital, and Triton Partners are reportedly among the early bidders interested in acquiring MyDentist, the UK’s largest dental chain, according to Sky News.
The current owners, Palamon Capital Partners, are hoping to fetch around £900 million, although the final deal could be closer to £800 million, the newspaper further reported.
The Australian branch of bankrupt radiotherapy group GenesisCare is having its balance sheet restructured by its new owner, alternative asset manager and PE investor Oaktree Capital.
US PE firm KKR has acquired Sweden-based consumer healthcare company Karo Healthcare from Swedish PE firm EQT in a deal valued at €2.65 billion.
The sale marks a strong exit for EQT, which took Karo private in 2022 at a €1.4 billion valuation. This transaction occurs amid a broader slowdown in M&A activity, driven by market volatility and economic uncertainty.
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