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San Donato expands to Dubai

Italian hospital chain San Donato is expanding to Dubai, says the group's president Paolo Rotelli.

Cofinimmo increases its German footprint

Belgian healthcare real estate investment trust Cofinimmo has tripled its investments in Germany with the purchase and leaseback of two high-end wellness and sport centres from the Aspria Group. We speak to Cofinimmo CEO, Jean-Edouard Carbonnelle about the deal.

Budget issues hit private operators

Despite being rescued by a deal with the central government, the heavily indebted Italian region of Lazio continues to pursue cuts to public services. This means tough times for private healthcare operators, such as for-profit Gruppo Garofalo and not-for-profit player IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana.

Cinven scoops Labco at silly price

Private equity house Cinven is to buy Labco for an enterprise value of just €1.2bn. The news came two weeks after Labco’s IPO failed. We reflect here on the EBITDA multiple and at what this means for the rationalisation of the European market.

Limits of growth for private hospitals

One theme which came through strongly at Healthcare Europa 2015 was the limit to private acute hospital growth in western Europe. And yet buyers continue to demand higher multiples.

FREE BLOG Liberating Europe’s largest private healthcare property market

By a long way, German acute hospitals represent the largest healthcare property portfolio in Europe. So far, they have been off limits to property investors. But will it stay that way? We explore some of the issues ahead of the Healthcare Europa 2015 conference, where we have a special session on healthcare property.

Clinica Baviera pre-tax profit falls by 23%

Clinica Baviera, Europe’s only quoted ophthalmology group, increased sales by over 3% but with pre-tax profit and EBITDA both down, its overall performance appears to have been hamstrung by its international operations. We speak to Meritxell Pérez de Castro-Acuña, head of investor relations at Clinica Baviera, about its results.

Lifebrain hoovers up Italian labs

Austrian lab group Lifebrain has completed a new bout of acquisitions across Italy. Three labs have been added to its fold: Salus in Lazio, Euromedical & Lab in Bologna, and Biomedical in Puglia.

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