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Prosus invests in French insurer Alan to help it expand internationally

Dutch technology investor Prosus has invested €400 million in French insurer Alan, acquiring a small minority stake. Prosus plans to be deeply involved in the insurer’s development and expansion, in particular helping it scale internationally in large markets where Prosus has a presence.

July 2, 2026

Doctify launches in Saudi Arabia

UK-based healthcare review platform Doctify has launched in Saudi Arabia, marking its seventh market and its second in the Gulf following the UAE.

June 18, 2026

GHO and CBC merging to form world’s largest specialist healthcare PE firm with $21bn AUM

London-based healthcare-focused private equity (PE) firm GHO (Global Healthcare Opportunities) Capital is merging with Asia’s largest healthcare-focused private markets investor, Singapore-based CBC Group. Once completed the merged entity will be the largest specialist healthcare PE firm in the world, with over $21 billion assets under management (AUM) across medical devices, pharma, diagnostics, healthcare infrastructure, and healthcare IT.

May 21, 2026

Private equity has record dry powder, but mid-market healthcare assets remain tightly held — John DiGiovanni, Inflexion

HBI spoke with John DiGiovanni, recently appointed Head of Healthcare at European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion. DiGiovanni discusses Inflexion’s healthcare strategy for 2026, trends in pharma services and medtech, and the broader market forces shaping its investment approach.

May 18, 2026

HBI 2026: Long-term thinking; Lessons in growth, scale and internationalisation

At HBI 2026, healthcare investors and operators discussed what separates healthcare platforms that scale successfully from those that struggle, focusing on buy-and-build strategies, operational discipline and international expansion.

May 7, 2026

Ribera Salud enters Poland

Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud has entered the Polish market. It has bought a small imaging and outpatient chain in Warsaw called Multi Med.

September 11, 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

Ribera Salud’s President and CEO both sacked by parent Vivalto Santé due to differing strategic visions

Alberto de Rosa, President and founder of Ribera Salud, one of Spain’s largest private hospital groups, has been given the sack by the company’s majority shareholder, French hospital group Vivalto Santé, because of disagreements over strategy. Elisa Tarazona, CEO, has also been booted out.

June 2, 2025

Chaos and opportunity — The impact of Trump’s trade war on Europe’s healthcare sector

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.

April 24, 2025

Schwabe secures €100 million for consumer health in Europe

naturalX Health Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by Schwabe Group, a plant-based pharmaceutical group, has announced a €100 million fund to accelerate the consumer health revolution in Europe.

February 20, 2025

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