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EQT buys Partners’ stake in Cerba

EQT has agreed to buy Partners Group's stake in French lab group Cerba for a ball-park enterprise value of €4.5bn, making it a 12x multiple on the group's 2020 EBITDA.
March 31, 2021

Lifebrain for sale as EBITDA for lab groups near doubles

Italian lab group Lifebrain is the latest to take advantage of swollen revenues and profits in the lab sector with owner Investindustrial appointing Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan to explore a sale. Meanwhile, COVID-19 testing across Europe led to a near doubling of EBITDA for the largest players in the third quarter of 2020.
March 25, 2021

Garofalo continues M&A as Covid hits 2020 organic growth

Listed Italian hospital, post-acute and outpatient group Garofalo Healthcare (GHC) has continued its M&A drive with the acquisition of a hospital in Verona for 8.5x 2019 EBITDA. Deal-making drove 7.3% revenue growth in 2020 to €196.5m, although on a like-for-like basis, revenues fell 5.2%. That is still much better than many large Italian hospital groups.
March 25, 2021

Interview: Mark Chapman, International CEO, Life Healthcare

What are South African hospital group Life Healthcare's plans for its international division, mainly comprised of pan-European imaging operator Alliance Medical? In a long and wide-ranging discussion, Chapman talks about expansion in South Africa and one to two new countries, 'winners and losers' in the imaging AI market, tariff pressure across Europe and what the first new potential drug therapy for Alzheimer's in 18 years means for its PET-CT business.
March 24, 2021

Italy’s recovery plan has €18bn for healthcare, the UK’s none

Italy's COVID-19 recovery plan contains €18bn for homecare, integrated health facilities and telemedicine that can be run by the private sector in a whole-scale reform of the country's healthcare system. Meanwhile, a new budget in the UK failed to allot any new funds for its overstretched health and social service. 
March 4, 2021

EMEA hospital sector finishes 2020 strongly

Private hospital operators across Europe, the Middle East and South Africa had a good last few months of trading in what was a turbulent 2020, but the start of 2021 looks tougher. We talk to operators across the region.
February 25, 2021

Dentalpro acquires Vitaldent Italia and plans further expansion

BC-Partners backed for-profit Italian dentistry group DentalPro has signed an agreement to acquire Vitaldent Italia from JB Capital. The agreement will see DentalPro take control of Vitaldent’s 80 dental practices and integrate them into DentalPro’s network and brand.
February 11, 2021
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