Two medium-sized French imaging operators, X-Ray Phocea and Cardinet, have been invested in by private equity firms, in what could be a signal that the long-awaited consolidation of France's imaging sector is about to take off.
Pan-European imaging and diagnostic firm Affidea is expanding in Spain and Romania. Its acquisitions of Clinica Atenea in Valencia and Odelga Imagistics clinic in Bucharest bring the number of Affidea’s centers in Europe to 340, cementing its influence in the region.
The new CEO of listed pan-Asian hospital giant IHH says it is looking to move into new markets like Indonesia and Vietnam. Meanwhile, it is also planning to expand its offering in India and Turkey, and turnaround its underperforming China assets.
Dubai-based listed hospital and pharmacy chain Aster DM is selling a majority 65% stake in its Gulf business for a shade over $1bn to a consortium led by PE investor Fajr Capital. HBI investigates the thinking behind the deal, what this means for the group's expansion plans, and looks at the future of the GCC market generally with the help of expert commentary.
We’ve written a lot about the slowdown in M&A activity over the past year or two. But rising interest rates haven’t only adversely impacted opco acquisitions. They’ve had a similarly negative impact on propco investment.
With a recent survey announcing 49% of fertility patients questioned are suspending their treatments, three fertility experts tell HBI it’s becoming increasingly difficult to attract patients. Meanwhile, fertility group TFP looks no closer to sale.
Two of the US’s largest health insurers - Cigna and Humana - are reportedly in talks to merge. A stock-and-cash megadeal could be announced by the end of the year, but any deal will likely attract the interest of the regulator.
HT Medica, Spain's third largest private imaging provider by revenue, is being bought by pan-European PE firm Fremman Capital, reportedly for around €100m.
The deconsolidation of multinational dialysis giant Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) from German health care conglomerate Fresenius Group has been completed. This means FMC is now a regular limited liability stock corporation; Fresenius Group still holds the largest minority stake (of 32.2%) in it but no longer has control over, nor unlimited liability in it.
Last week French nursing home group Clariane (formerly Korian) announced the sale of assets totaling €1bn, with its Belgian assets tipped to be top of that list. Within days, the Belgian CEO of rival operator Orpea revealed that - contrary to some expert predictions - Orpea will remain in the region. What does this mean for the market?