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HBI 2026: Procurement Summit — Procurement as a value creation driver

Hospitals, facing increased pressure on their budgets, are turning to procurement as a strategic lever for cost control and resilience. At HBI 2026, as part of the Procurement Summit, panellists explored how hospitals can drive value creation through smarter procurement.

May 14, 2026

Axcel buys Sangro Medical Service from Nordic Capital backed GHD Group

Nordic private equity firm Axcel has acquired Sangro Medical Service, a distributor and logistics provider in the German homecare market, in a carve-out deal from Nordic Capital-backed GHD GesundHeits GmbH, Germany's largest outpatient homecare provider.

March 11, 2026

Sana Kliniken sells procurement arm to Nordic Capital-backed Vivecti Group

Sana Kliniken, Germany’s third largest for-profit hospital group by revenue, is selling its procurement arm, Sana Einkauf, to Vivecti Group, a major German healthcare procurement platform that has been owned by private equity firm Nordic Capital since 2018. A procurement expert tells us this deal looks like “a desperate attempt to finally achieve the long-awaited exit for Nordic Capital”.

September 26, 2025

EU bans Chinese med tech companies from public tenders, but private hospitals still allowed to buy from China

The EU Commission is banning EU member state governments from purchasing medical devices from Chinese companies. The ban applies to all public procurement contracts worth more than €5 million, but does not apply to private hospitals.

June 20, 2025

Large scale European healthcare services M&A is back in town

Large scale healthcare services M&A has been mostly on hold in Europe for almost three years now. Despite all the economic and geopolitical uncertainty the world is currently facing, 2025 will probably see more activity.

April 3, 2025

UK Prime Minister Starmer stakes out position on NHS reform following Darzi Report release

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled plans for a decade-long reform programme for the National Health Service, potentially opening up new avenues for private sector involvement in the UK’s creaking public health system.

September 13, 2024

UK Government’s ‘Darzi Review’ released, pointing to an NHS in crisis

Lord Ara Darzi's eagerly anticipated independent review of the National Health Service (NHS) paints a stark picture of a health system in "critical condition" but with "vital signs" that remain strong.

September 13, 2024

Global medtech company Getinge to acquire organ transport products and services company Paragonix Technologies

Sweden-based global medtech company Getinge is going to acquire 100% of US-based organ transport products and services company Paragonix Technologies, for approximately $477 million.

August 29, 2024

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

June 20, 2024

Three key takeaways from the Pan-European Procurement Summit

A common refrain at the Pan-European Procurement Summit in Brussels was that price and quality are the two biggest concerns for procurement professionals. HBI heard plenty on price – especially price transparency – but rather than quality, attention turned to the growing concerns of sustainability and digitalisation.

September 30, 2022

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