Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Fleur Agema, has found herself following the same journey as that taken by her predecessor, Conny Holder, and has abandoned plans to prohibit private equity investment in Dutch healthcare.
The UK branch of British multinational healthcare company Bupa is launching a new direct-to-consumer subscription service for primary care, giving customers access to same-day appointments with a private GP, starting at just over £200 per year.
Over the coming years and decades an increasing amount of care will be delivered to patients in their homes. New devices and wearables that can collect health data from people whilst they’re at home and healthcare’s digitalisation trend are opening up new possibilities, both for prevention and for providing better and more efficient care to those with chronic conditions.
Private equity (PE) is increasingly investing in healthcare due to high returns and societal impact. HBI recently reported on the rebound in European healthcare investments, with ~€9 billion across 154 deals by August 2024, signalling renewed sector momentum after 2023’s decline.
Listed Saudi hospital group Dallah Health has signed a binding share purchase and subscription agreement with minority shareholder Ayyan Investment to acquire its shares for approximately SAR 660 million riyals. Earlier this year, in February, Dallah Health had signed non-binding agreements with Ayyan Investment to acquire stakes in the two hospital groups. Following the binding […]
Modern hospitals are incredibly complex, regularly chaotic, and often inefficient environments, despite efficiency and proper task sequencing being vital to delivering high-quality medical care and positive patient experiences. Workforce issues are beginning to bite harder across both public and private provider systems, driven by a growing deficit in medical professionals serving an expanding patient population. […]
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.
A buyout of listed multinational Australian hospital group Ramsay Health Care is rumoured to be under consideration by a European PE firm. However, an analyst we spoke to doubted whether there was substance to the rumour.
Bain Capital, the American private investment firm, is the leading candidate to acquire a 60.4% controlling stake in India-based cancer care provider HealthCare Global Enterprises (HCG), from CVC Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based private equity and investment advisory firm, CNBCTV18 reported.
The stake is said to have been valued at approximately $356 million, while HCG’s market value stands at $589 million despite a 3% drop in its share price this year. Negotiations are ongoing, and the deal is not yet finalised.
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